11-year-old Michi lives in a children's home, every day fighting to win the respect of the other kids, till the day he finds his real dad, Tom - who happens to be a dwarf, even shorter than Michi is, the opposite of his idea of manliness and strength. When the kids find out, Michi's life becomes hell and he flees. With nowhere to go, he moves in with Tom, who is new to this fatherhood thing, while Michi tried to hide his embarrassment and shame from his fellow school kids. This forces Tom, who had coped well till now, to confront his handicap head on. As time passes, they discover they have more in common than other sons and fathers, until their relationship is again suddenly put to the hard test...
Acting
Jordan Prentice's layered vulnerability steals every scene
Writing
Refuses easy redemption arcs, earns every beat
Director
Joachim Dollhopf
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of few German films centering dwarfism without fantasy framing; sparked disability representation debates in 2016.
Jordan Prentice (Tom) improvised several confrontations after director encouraged real emotional exhaustion—those sweat-drenched silences are genuine.
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