When Mirco and Fatime realize that their 15-year-old autistic son, Jason, is experiencing puberty from a perspective all his own, Mirco sees an opportunity in a new promise: Together, father and son embark on an extraordinary journey through Germany’s soccer clubs to raise funds for the construction of a well in Kenya and, in the process, test Jason’s independence.
Florian David Fitz
Mirco
Aylin Tezel
Fatime
Cecilio Andresen
Jason
When Mirco and Fatime realize that their 15-year-old autistic son, Jason, is experiencing puberty from a perspective all his own, Mirco sees an opportunity in a new promise: Together, father and son embark on an extraordinary journey through Germany’s soccer clubs to raise funds for the construction of a well in Kenya and, in the process, test Jason’s independence.
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