Martha, Mikkel, and Mats are abruptly torn from their anticipation of vacation – instead of a family trip to Italy, they suddenly have to make do with a last-minute plan: their mother had an accident in New York, their father has to go to her, and all their friends’ families are out of town. So the only option left for the three city kids from Stuttgart is Grandma Inge way up north – a grandmother they’ve never met before and who greets her grandchildren with an air rifle. Inge has lived alone for many years in her thatched-roof house on the Schlei. There’s neither a phone line nor a road connection here. The reclusive old woman doesn’t miss any of it. For years, there has been radio silence between her and the parents of Martha, Mikkel, and Mats, and yet the grandchildren are allowed to stay. It won’t be easy. Because with “Grandma” – as the unfamiliar Inge is called by little Mats – things are rougher than usual. Martha is the oldest; she feels responsible for her brothers and bravely tries to make the best of the time. Little by little, the grandchildren crack through Grandma’s hard shell and settle into Sommerby’s analog world, which has so much to offer: Martha steers the boat all by herself to deliver jam. Mikkel and Mats take care of the chickens, everyone makes friends, and together they unexpectedly become heroes when a real estate agent threatens the summer idyll they’ve come to love.
With the Support of Goethe-Institut Athen.
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