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Hands off Mississippi

Original title: Hände weg von Mississippi
German title: Hände weg von Mississippi
Germany, 2007

Director: Buck, Detlev
Production company: Boje Buck Produktion Berlin
Co-producers: ZDF
Age recommendation: 6 years and up

Synopsis:
Feature film based on a novel by Cornelia Funke. Adapted for the screen by Maggie Peren and Stefan Schaller, "Haende weg von Mississippi" tells the story of ten-year-old Emma (played by Zoe Mannhardt) who comes to her grandmother Dolly's (Katharina Thalbach) for the summer holidays and learns to her horror that a dastardly neighbor – known by Emma and the local children as "the Alligator" – is planning to send his late uncle's horse Mississippi to the knacker's yard. Emma manages with the help of her grandmother and the local vet to buy Mississippi from the "Alligator". But then he is suddenly interested in reversing the sale when it turns out that the horse clearly plays an important role in the late uncle's will...

The film was shot completely on location north of Berlin around the Schaalsee in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern during this summer's heat wave in July and August. "Working with children was quite a new experience," Boje admits. "It is psychologically a different kind of work. The thing was that we were working with both children and animals – with horses, pigs, ducks and they are definitely not like trained actors!" www.german-cinema.de

Festivals:
German Film Award 2007 (Best Childrens' Film), Golden Sparrow Erfurt & Gera 2007, Giffoni 2007, London CFF 2007, Chicago 2008, Antwerp/Brugge 2009, Sprockets Toronto 2009, Vienna 2011

World sales address/es:
Bavaria Media International (DE)

Sold to:
DCM (DE)
Rialto (CH)