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Transpapa (2012)

2012-11-22 · 1h 30m · DE
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Fifteen-year-old Maren wants to get away – far away. Aside from all the boys thinking she’s frigid, her recently love-struck mother is driving her round the twist. But she also has a father who she hasn’t seen for years. When Maren decides to get in touch with him, her mother finally spills the beans: He now goes by the name of Sophia and lives as a woman – just what she needs! Irrespective of her vexation, Maren risks a meeting and finds in Sophia a person just as hormonal and puerile as herself – a person who would actually prefer to be her best friend, at best even her mother. Can Maren accept that this life makes her father happy? TRANSPAPA is a compassionate and funny story of gender role-breaking, tolerance and the search for identity.

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Sarah-Judith MettkeDirector, Writer

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Luisa SappeltLuisa SappeltMarenDevid StriesowDevid StriesowSophiaSandra BorgmannSandra BorgmannUlrikeHorst SachtlebenHorst SachtlebenWolfgangFlorence KasumbaFlorence KasumbaTessiFritzi HaberlandtFritzi HaberlandtSilkeArno KempfArno KempfVolkerHenriette NagelHenriette NagelZora

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Woman director

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Genre affinityComedy · DramaTheme affinityWoman DirectorDialogue densityComedy · DramaPacingShortDirector preference912942Actor preference228430 · 388088 · 382275

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What is Transpapa about?

Fifteen-year-old Maren wants to get away – far away. Aside from all the boys thinking she’s frigid, her recently love-struck mother is driving her round the twist. But she also has a father who she hasn’t seen for years. When Maren decides to get in touch with him, her mother finally spills the beans: He now goes by the name of Sophia and lives as a woman – just what she needs! Irrespective of her vexation, Maren risks a meeting and finds in Sophia a person just as hormonal and puerile as herself – a person who would actually prefer to be her best friend, at best even her mother. Can Maren accept that this life makes her father happy? TRANSPAPA is a compassionate and funny story of gender role-breaking, tolerance and the search for identity.

How long is Transpapa?

Transpapa has a runtime of 90 minutes.