Big & Little (2016) ( Der grosse Sommer ) ( Big and Little )

Big & Little (2016) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Der grosse Sommer
Alternate Title: Big and Little
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
German ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Switzerland ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
96 min + 76 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Teaser(s)
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2016 and produced in:
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Stefan Jäger

Written By:
Marco Salituro
Theo Plakoudakis

Actors:
Mathias Gnädinger ..... Anton Sommer
Loïc Sho Güntensperger ..... Hiro Akiba
Mitsuko Baishô ..... Masako
Tomio Suga ..... Bunta
Hanspeter Müller ..... Müri
Sonja Riesen ..... Zgraggen
Monica Gubser ..... Frau Beck
Gilles Schyvens ..... Anton Sommer (1964)
Jonathan Loosli ..... Kurt Mäder
Reto Stalder ..... Hofer
Magdalena Neuhaus ..... Floristin

Synopsis:

Anton Sommer is a former champion of Swiss wrestling who lives in a suburb of Bern as a grouchy recluse, unable to find happiness. When he begrudgingly agrees to take his first trip ever outside of Switzerland and travel to Japan with a boy of half-Japanese descent, he gradually rediscovers the joy of living and succeeds in overcoming his loneliness.

Toni Sommer (68) used to be the most popular and successful "Schwinger" of his time in Switzerland's traditional wrestling sport, but since the fatal accident of his opponent and best friend, he's been living anonymously and lonely in a suburb of Bern. His energy and his zest for life have left him, and the only friend he has is the grave of his former opponent. Hiro, a 10-year-old boy, disturbs Sommer's reclusiveness. He lives with his grandma one floor above Sommer's flat. Hiro is a short, thin boy who is a highly gifted student in school. However, Hiro wants only one thing - to become a great sumotori, a sumo wrestler. When his grandma dies unexpectedly, Hiro pleads the grumpy Sommer to take him to a sumo stall in his home country, Japan. Sommer is not interested, but he finally overcomes his initial resistance and accepts the deal. As soon as they arrive in Tokyo Sommer has to decide whether to engage in the boy's dream or to cancel the trip at an early stage, because he learns why the boy has chosen a Sumo school on an island in the far south of Japan - the boy's father used to be a student here and Hiro wants to follow in his footsteps. And so a journey starts from Tokyo across the country to a harbour city from where they will take the ferry to Amami Island. The film tells - in a humorous and touching way - the story about the struggle between the two unequal and different characters and how they finally become grandfather and grandson, developing a deep friendship.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 22 May, 2017.

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