Based on a famous life story and directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Caroline Link (Nowhere in Africa), All About Me is both a wildly entertaining and poignantly serious coming-of-age story about one of Germany’s most beloved comedians and television personalities, Hape Kerkeling. We begin in the Ruhr Valley in 1972. Hape is known then as Hans-Peter, a seemingly ordinary, slightly overweight nine-year-old. His home life, however, is anything but ordinary. His mother, having endured a botched surgical procedure, plunges into a deep depression that drives her to suicide. If this tragedy wasn’t enough, his shattered, despondent father decides to leave, putting Hans-Peter in the care of his two kindly and compassionate grandmothers. Their love and support make it possible for young Hans-Peter to find a way to survive the emotional trauma of his young life: humour. Little by little, he begins to explore his apparently natural (and vast) comedic talents to not only help heal his own wounds, but also to make other people laugh, too. And so, from the heaviness and darkness of his childhood, Hans-Peter recognizes laughter to be an exciting and liberating escape route upon which to drive. Now that he has found the keys, he promptly puts them in the ignition. An inspiring tale of human resilience, All About Me is based on Kerkeling’s best-selling autobiography.&nbsp; --- Basé sur une histoire de vie connue, et réalisé par la cinéaste primée aux Oscars, Caroline Link (Nowhere In Africa), All About Me, est une histoire de dépassement de soi à la fois fortement divertissante et au sérieux poignant sur l’un des comédiens et personnalités de la télé les plus aimés de l’Allemagne, Hape Kerkeling. Nous commençons dans la vallée de la Ruhr en 1972. Hape est alors connu sous le nom de Hans-Peter, et est un enfant de neuf ans tout compte fait ordinaire et avec un léger surpoids. Sa vie à la maison, toutefois, est loin d’être ordinaire. Sa mère, ayant subi une chirurgie ratée, sombre dans une dépression profonde qui la mène au suicide. Si cette tragédie de suffisait pas, son père, chamboulé et abattu, décide de partir, laissant Hans-Peter aux soins de deux grand-mères gentilles et compatissantes. Leur amour et leur appui permettent au jeune Hans-Peter de trouver un moyen de survivre au traumatisme émotif de sa vie d’enfant : l’humour. Petit à petit, il commence à explorer ses talents apparemment naturels (et vastes) pour la comédie, afin de non seulement l’aider à guérir ses propres blessures, mais aussi pour faire rire d’autres personnes. C’est ainsi que, de la lourdeur et la noirceur de son enfance, Hans-Peter voit une route de secours excitante et libératrice sur laquelle il conduira : le rire. Maintenant qu’il a les clés, il va rapidement allumer le moteur. Un récit inspirant sur la résilience humaine, All About Me se base sur l’autobiographie à succès de Kerkeling.

All About Me - Ambassador Sabine Sparwasser Introduction

All About Me (Der Junge Muss An Die Frische Luft)

EUFF Toronto Director Jérémie Abessira interviews Caroline Link, the director of All About Me.

All About Me - Q&A with Director Caroline Link

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