21st German Film Festival 2017 (Golden Village)
Mountain Miracle
Rating
PG13 Some Coarse Langauge
Language
German with English subtitles
Cast
Mia Kasalo, Samuel Girardi, Susanne Bormann, Denis Moschitto, Jasmin Tabatabai, Shenia Pitschmann, Jerry Hoffmann
Synopsis
A stubborn 13-year-old girl, Amelie, considers herself a tough big-city brat. She doesn’t let anyone tell her what to do, least of all her parents, who ship her off to a special clinic in the mountains after another bout of asthma attack. She soon flees from the clinic to a place where no one would expect to find her – the top of a mountain – while a big search for her is underway. Trying to find a hiding place, Amelie meets a quirky boy named Bart. When Bart saves her life, Amelie realises that he is actually a lot cooler than she first thought. Learning of Amelie’s illness, Bart tells her about an old tradition happening that time of the year, the Alp Mountain Fires. These are miracles, which allegedly help cure the sick: humans and animals. Now on a mission to get to the fires in time, the kids take off on an adventure of hope and true friendship.