Thomas Stuber's 'Der Frosch und das Wasser' Premieres in Cinemas

Thomas Stuber's new film 'Der Frosch und das Wasser' has been released in German cinemas this week. The comedy road movie follows Buschi, a man with Down syndrome living in a supervised group home, who during a trip in Cologne breaks away from his group and joins a Japanese tour bus. He befriends Hideo Kitamura, a solitary Japanese traveler played by Kanji Tsuda, known for his roles in Takeshi Kitano's ensemble and films like 'Tokyo Sonata' and 'Onoda: 1000 Nights in the Jungle'. Buschi's caregiver Nicole (Bettina Stucky) pursues them as the bus travels from Cologne via Weimar to Dresden. The film explores the unlikely friendship that develops, balancing humor with tenderness. Aladdin Detlefsen, a Bremen theater actor, makes his feature film debut as Buschi. Stuber, director of 'Die stillen Trabanten' and 'Hausen', delivers a modern fairy tale that avoids sentimentality.