Julian is a psychiatric patient and wants to walk from Berlin to southern Germany. He believes that through the power of walking he can heal his friend's father, who has died of a heart condition. First, he runs into Ju, a young doctor, who he soon meets again by chance. She feels unhappy, searches for her heart and spontaneously joins the likeable dreamer on his way to Tuttlingen, where the sick man lives. In a tourist resort, they are joined by a frustrated wife and mother.
Acting
Stadlober's unhinged sincerity sells the impossible
Direction
Baker-Monteys treats madness with gentle curiosity
Cinematography
Bleak German landscapes become unexpectedly romantic
Director
Nick Baker-Monteys
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The German title literally means 'The Man Who Jumped Over Cars'—a skill Julian claims but never demonstrates, making it possibly the most accurate misleading title in cinema.
Released during Germany's 'heroin chic' indie wave, this bombed commercially but became a secret handshake film for mentally unwell twenty-somethings who romanticized their own dysfunction.
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