Genre: Family Collection
Original Title: Hoppet
Year: 2007
Original Version: Swedish & Kurde
Duration: 88′
Subtitled in: English
Dubbed in: Spanish
Leaps and Bounds
Azad has big dreams for his older brother: he wants Tigris to become a championship high jumper. But after a bombing, Tigris becomes a mute and young Azad must now look out for his big brother. Their parents put them on a plane to a safer place but the boys end up getting stuck in Sweden. Character is tested and high jumping skills meet high flying smarts as Azad and Tigris learn that there is more than one way to become a true champion!
Director: Peter Naess
Writer: Moni Nilsson, Kurt Öberg
Cast: Ali Ali, Peter Stormare, Per Fritzell, Heinrich Schafmeister
Producer: Patrick Knippel, Anders Bergh, Lotta Nilsson and Joachim Stridsberg
Director of Photography: Marius Johansen Hansen
Sets: Maria Sohlman Wikman
Editor: Inge-Lise Langfeldt
Music: Nils Petter Molvaer