Weekend Rebels: Warm-hearted comedy starring Florian David Fitz as a father trying to find a favourite football club with his autistic son.
Plot and background
Ten-year-old Jason (Cecilio Andresen) hates loud crowds, loves routines and structures his everyday life with fixed rules. Jason is autistic. While his dad Mirco (Florian David Fitz) is away a lot for work, his mum Fatime (Aylin Tezel) organises the demanding family life. When Jason becomes increasingly conspicuous at school and the family’s class teacher recommends a change to a special school, Mirco, as the father, must also show commitment. He makes a pact with his son: if Mirco helps him find a favourite football club, Jason promises to make an effort at school and be less provoked. But Jason wants to make his choice carefully and only decide on a club when he has seen all 56 teams of the first, second and third division live in their respective stadiums. Important individual criteria such as mascots, sustainability, players’ rituals and the colours of the football boots play an important role in the ten-year-old’s decision. Weekend after weekend, father and son thus leave their home routines behind as they travel across Germany and learn to understand each other better in the process.
The official trailer for “Weekend Rebels” promises a heart-warming cinema experience, not only for football fans:
“Weekend Rebels” – background, cast, cinema release
Based on the true story of Mirco and Jason von Juterczenka, “Weekend Rebels” is a humorous and emotional father-son story coming to cinemas. The two recorded their experiences in their book “Wir Wochenendrebellen”, which was adapted for the big screen by screenwriter Richard Kropf (“4 Blocks”) and director Marc Rothemund (“Dieses bescheuerte Herz”).
Mirco and Jason are embodied in the film adaptation by Florian David Fitz (“Oskar’s Dress”) and newcomer Cecilio Andresen. Other roles are played by Aylin Tezel (“Almanya – Willkommen in Deutschland”), Joachim Król (“Der Junge muss an die frische Luft”), Leslie Malton (“Der große Bellheim”) and Milena Dreißig (“Stromberg”).
The German family comedy with Florian David Fitz will be released on 28 September 2023.
