Verflucht Normal (OmU) im Freiluftkino Insel in den Atelier Gardens

Dir.: Kirk Jones; Cast: Robert Aramayo, Maxine Peake, Peter Mullan, Shirley Henderson, Scott Ellis Watson, David Carlyle, Francesco Piacentini-Smith, Somerled Campbell, Michael Dylan, Christina Ashford
UK, Ireland 2025, 121 min.

No one would have expected that the Queen would one day award the Order of the British Empire to an uncontrollable “problem child”—least of all John Davidson himself. In the early 1980s, John (Scott Ellis Watson) grows up in a small Scottish town. At the age of 12, he begins to suffer from severe nervous tics. Suffering from a condition that would not be diagnosed as Tourette syndrome until years later, his life becomes an endless gauntlet.
In his mid-20s, John (Robert Aramayo) is still living with his mother (Shirley Henderson). The side effects of the strong medication he relies on rob him of almost all his will to live, until a chance encounter with his school friend Murray and Murray’s mother Dottie (Maxine Peake) finally brings about a turning point. Dottie is a nurse and accepts John just as he is. She welcomes him into her family and even finds him a job as an assistant to Tommy (Peter Mullan), the community center’s caretaker. A zany job interview, during which Tommy reacts to John’s tics like no one else, lays the foundation for a close friendship. Slowly, John finds the courage and confidence to lead a self-determined life and realizes how valuable his experiences are to others as well.