The Red Jacket

A quiet, sorrowful short that traces loss across borders, landing on a fragile note of consolation.

Directed by

Florian Baxmeyer

Genres

Drama

Starring

Ulrich Noethen, Catrin Striebeck, Tetje Mierendorf

Overview

A German father's soccer-playing son is hit by a car and dies. The father donates the boy's red jacket to charity, where it ends up in war-torn Sarajevo. The boy's parents are killed, and he almost is. Some UN soldiers find him, and send him to a hospital in Germany. He escapes the hospital, is hit by a car (but unhurt). The driver reads the tag inside the jacket and "returns" the boy to the grieving father.

How it feels

Melancholic, bleak, earnest and warm. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Grief, war, family, fate

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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