Thomas the High Jumper (2020)
For Thomas, it’s all about sport. The young high-jumper sticks to the uncompromising training and dietary regime at a sports camp. We soon learn that this is creating an unhealthy situation – to put it mildly. It’s clear from the start that there’s something very wrong in this boy’s life. Not only does he regularly lock himself away to self-harm, or practise leaving a voice-mail for his absent father – the military-style control exercised by his mother, Margot, is absolutely suffocating. Both for Thomas, and for the viewer.
Director: Leri Matehha
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Max Poerting as |
| Directing | Leri Matehha | Director |
| Writing | Leri Matehha | Writer |
| Crew | Józefina Gocman-Dicks | Cinematography |