AMRUM

Spring 1945, the remote island of Amrum in the North Sea. In what will become the final days of World War II, big-hearted young student Nanning (exceptional newcomer Jasper Billerbeck) has a busy life. He braves the treacherous sea to hunt seals, fishes at night, and works the neighbouring potato farm run by Tessa to help his pregnant mother, Hille – a fervent Nazi loyalist - feed the family. His father, captured as a prisoner of war, is unable to offer help or guidance to his son.

But after the radio brings news announcing the fall of Hitler, Nanning’s shattered mother refuses to eat anything other than white bread with butter and honey. Craving her affection, the ever-enterprising Nanning embarks on a quest across the island to obtain these rationed, near-impossible-to-find ingredients.