Leaps and Bounds

Leaps and Bounds

88 mins | Drama | Feb. 9, 2007

The Kurdish boys Azad and Tigris are brothers. Due to an airstrike Tigris cannot speak anymore. They are sent to an uncle in Germany, the parents plan to come soon afterwards. The boys travel through Sweden and are accompanied by another family until Sweden. They get stuck there and have to live with the family in Sweden.Azad is good at high jumping and gets the opportunity to travel to Germany for a competition. However, he has no passport. Therefore he borrows the passport of a Swedish friend, and changes his appearance to look like the picture: he puts in blue lenses and dyes his hair blonde. Tigris is smuggled into Germany in a suitcase. When he is about to be discovered by the border guard, the latter is distracted with conversation, and they can move on.In Germany Azad wins the competition and is reunited with his parents.

Leaps and Bounds

88 mins | Drama | Feb. 9, 2007

Leaps and Bounds
The Kurdish boys Azad and Tigris are brothers. Due to an airstrike Tigris cannot speak anymore. They are sent to an uncle in Germany, the parents plan to come soon afterwards. The boys travel through Sweden and are accompanied by another family until Sweden. They get stuck there and have to live with the family in Sweden.Azad is good at high jumping and gets the opportunity to travel to Germany for a competition. However, he has no passport. Therefore he borrows the passport of a Swedish friend, and changes his appearance to look like the picture: he puts in blue lenses and dyes his hair blonde. Tigris is smuggled into Germany in a suitcase. When he is about to be discovered by the border guard, the latter is distracted with conversation, and they can move on.In Germany Azad wins the competition and is reunited with his parents.
IMDb rating 5.2
Producers Sonet Film, Film i Väst, TV4, Schmidtz Katze Filmkollektiv, Cinenord, Zingofilm
Original title Hoppet
Directors Petter Næss
Writers

Cast

Ali Abdulsalam

as Azad

Richard Jarl

as Markus

Peter Stormare

as Korvgubbe

Per Fritzell

as Bosse

Lina Welander

as Helga

Marie Göranzon

as Drunk woman