Coconut Hero (2015) Synopsis

Schoolboy Mike Burger (16) finds life with his nagging bitchy mother Cynthia Tyson in Faintville, a backward lumberjack town in thee Canadian forest where he has father nor friends, unbearable. Even his suicide attempt by head-shot only lands him in hospital, but he puzzles the staff by welcoming a major brain tumor which he refuses to have treated, even after his presumed biological father, Frank Burger, is finally brought in. Having deliberately antagonized everybody and resolved to run away and die, Mike meets and soon falls in love with softer, compassionate fellow maverick Miranda, who drives him on their fugue deep into the forest, but as they bond, fate has another cruel twist in store.—KGF Vissers

Schoolboy Mike Burger (16) finds life with his nagging bitchy mother Cynthia Tyson in Faintville, a backward lumberjack town in thee Canadian forest where he has father nor friends, unbearable. Even his suicide attempt by head-shot only lands him in hospital, but he puzzles the staff by welcoming a major brain tumor which he refuses to have treated, even after his presumed biological father, Frank Burger, is finally brought in. Having deliberately antagonized everybody and resolved to run away and die, Mike meets and soon falls in love with softer, compassionate fellow maverick Miranda, who drives him on their fugue deep into the forest, but as they bond, fate has another cruel twist in store.—KGF Vissers

Published Time: 2016-02-16 17:53:11