Dir: Tobias Weimann, colour, 97 min, Germany / Italy 2017
Amelie (13) thinks of herself as a tough big-city girl and she probably is indeed the most stubborn girl in all of Berlin. Amelie 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 just another asthma attack. Exactly what Amelie definitely doesn’t want. But instead of getting help at the clinic, she runs off and flees to a place where certainly no one would expect to find her: the top of the mountain. When the clinic and her parents realize that she ran away, a major search for her is underway. Focused on trying to find a hiding place in the mountains, Amelie meets the quirky boy, Bart. When Bart saves her life, Amelie realizes that Bart is actually a lot cooler than she first thought. Learning of Amelie’s illness, he tells her about an old tradition happening that time of the year, the Alp’s Mountain Fires. These mountain fires are miracles, which allegedly help cure the sick. Now on a mission to get to the fires in time, the kids take off on an adventurous journey of hope and true friendship.
Recommended age 12+ / Junior Cycle
Presented by the Irish Film Institute in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut Irland.
The Goethe-Institut Irland has developed a study-guide for the film which can be downloaded here.
Screening dates:
Wednesday, 10 October 2018
Birr, Offline Film Festival
Tel: +353 57 9122911
Tuesday, 23 October 2018
10.30 am
Dublin, Irish Film Institute
Tel: +353 1 6793477
Wednesday, 24 October 2018
Thurles, Source Arts Centre
Tel: +353 50 490204
Thursday, 8 November 2018
Junior Galway Film Fleadh
Tel: +353 91 562200
Thursday, 15 November 2018
Cork, Cork Film Festival
Tel: +353 21 4271711
Thursday, 6 December 2018
10.30 a.m.
Irish Film Institute
Tel: +353 1 679 3477
Wednesday, 30 January 2019
Waterford, Garter Lane Arts Centre
Tel: +353 51 855038
Tuesday, 12 February 2019
Castlebar, Linenhall Arts Centre
Tel: +353 94 9023733
Tuesday, 26 February 2019
Drogheda, Droichead Arts Centre
Tel: +353 41 9833946
Friday, 1 March 2019
Clonakilty, The Park Cinema
Tel: ++353 23 8834141
Wednesday, 6 March 2019
Navan, Solstice Arts Centre
Tel: +353 46 9092300
Tuesday, 19 March 2019
Ballina, Ballina Arts Centre
Tel: +353 96 73593
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