Leaps and Bounds (Hoppet) 17 years old

The Kurdish boys Azad and Tigris are brothers. Due to an airstrike Tigris cannot speak anymore. They are sent to an uncle in Germany, the parents plan to come soon afterwards. The boys travel through Sweden and are accompanied by another family until Sweden. They get stuck there and have to live with the family in Sweden.Azad is good at high jumping and gets the opportunity to travel to Germany for a competition. However, he has no passport. Therefore he borrows the passport of a Swedish friend, and changes his appearance to look like the picture: he puts in blue lenses and dyes his hair blonde. Tigris is smuggled into Germany in a suitcase. When he is about to be discovered by the border guard, the latter is distracted with conversation, and they can move on.In Germany Azad wins the competition and is reunited with his parents.

Credits

Leaps and Bounds Cast

Name Character
Peter Stormare He was 53, now 71 years old as Korvgubbe
Marie Göranzon She was 64, now 82 years old as Drunk woman
Per Fritzell He was 51, now 69 years old as Bosse
Richard Jarl as Markus
Ali Abdulsalam He was 13, now 31 years old as Azad

Leaps and Bounds Crew

Name Department
Inge-Lise Langfeldt as Editor. Editing
Leaps and Bounds poster
Leaps and Bounds (17 years)

  • Release day: Friday, February 09, 2007
  • Runtime: 88 minutes