Karlsruhe English-Speaking Meetup Group

Claymation movie, loosely based on a true story: A bored, lonely 8-year-old girl in Australia writes a letter to a random person whose name she finds in a New York phone book, thus starting an enduring pen friendship with a lonely, middle-aged man on the autism spectrum. Featuring the voice talents of Bethany Whitmore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Toni Collette and Eric Bana. Shown in cooperation with AutismusCompass Karlsruhe during this year’s “Autismus Wochen (Autism Weeks)”.
See also: www.autismuscompass.de/autismus-wochen-karlsruhe

“Beautifully animated and brilliantly written, this is a wonderfully directed black comedy.”
— Matthew Turner, ViewLondon

“It was five years in the making and it's worth every minute.”
— Margaret Pomeranz, At the Movies (Australia)

“Even today this is the most accurate representation of life on the spectrum.”
— Rhianna Malas, Collider

“For a film that focuses on autism it feels like a breath of fresh air and there hasn’t been anything like it since.”
— Aaron Gillingham, Movie Marker

American Library in Karlsruhe
Kanalweg 52, 76149 Karlsruhe, Tel.: 0721-72752

Shown in English. Admission is free.

*We aren't legally allowed to advertise the films we show by name, but we may describe them!