Weekend Rebels | Wochenendrebellen - Marc Rothemund

Mirco’s family is advised to go to a special school for Jason, his autistic son. Jason makes a pact to make every effort to stay in school if Mirco helps him find a favorite football club.

SCHLiNGEL International Film Festival for children and young audiences comes to the UAE. Organized by the Goethe-Institut Gulf Region in cooperation with The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi, German children and youth films and a program of short films will be presented to the young audiences of Abu Dhabi.

Synopsis

Mirco travels a lot for work, while his wife Fatime organizes their demanding family life. Their year-old son Jason is autistic and his everyday life consists of daily routines and fixed rules. When the family is advised to send Jason to a special school, Mirco is also challenged as a father. He makes a pact with his son: Jason promises to do his best at school if Mirco helps him find a favorite football club. However, Jason doesn‘t want to decide on a club until he has seen all 56 teams in the first, second, and third German leagues live in their respective stadiums. He has very individual criteria — from mascots, sustainability, and players‘ rituals to the colors of the football boots. On their extraordinary journeys through Germany, father and son leave their home routines behind and find everything they were never looking for but definitely needed.