Coconut Hero

Story

Synopsis

It's not easy being a teenager and Mike, a sixteen-year-old, has it espcially hard. He lives in the sticks with his mother, a non-stop nagger, in Faintville, a Canadian timber industry town. He has no father, no friends, not even a favorite meal. Basically, his sole wish is simply to vanish from the face of the earth. One day, Mike writes his own obituary and shoots himself. To his great disappointment he wakes up the in the local hospital. During a routine examination, the doctors discover a plum-sized tumor in his brain. Mike can scarcely believe his luck and keeps the illness to himself to avoid undergoing surgery that would save him. Staring death directly in the eyes, however, changes Mike's point of view and he re-evaluates his opinion of both enchanting and crazy Miranda. Somebody seems to understand him after all.

Director

Florian Cossen

Writers

Elena von Saucken, Daniel I. Schachter

Language

English

Country

Germany, Canada

Release date

13 August 2015

Budget

$3,500,000

Box office

$12,058

Ensemble

Cast

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  Alex Ozerov-Meyer

  Mike Tyson

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  Bea Santos

  Miranda

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  Krista Bridges

  Cynthia Tyson

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  Sebastian Schipper

  Frank Burger

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  Udo Kier

  Mr. Morrow

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  Jim Annan

  Pastor