# Coconut Hero > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Coconut_Hero > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Coconut_Hero.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_Hero > Source revision: 1339915328 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|2015 film}} {{use Canadian English|date=October 2020}} {{use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Coconut Hero | image = Coconut_Hero_Poster.jpg | director = Florian Cossen | producer = {{ubl|Jochen Laube|Fabian Maubach|Paul Scherzer}} | writer = Elena von Saucken | starring = {{ubl|[Alex Ozerov](/source/Alex_Ozerov)|{{ill|Bea Santos|fr}}}} | cinematography = [Brendan Steacy](/source/Brendan_Steacy) | music = Matthias Klein | country = {{ubl|Germany|Canada}} | language = {{ubl|English|German}} | runtime = 97 minutes | released = {{Film date|2015|6|28|[MIFF](/source/Munich_International_Film_Festival)|df=y}} }} '''''Coconut Hero''''' is a German-Canadian [comedy film](/source/comedy_film) directed by Florian Cossen and released in 2015.{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/coconut-hero-munich-review-808848|title='Coconut Hero': Munich Review|last1=van Hoeij|first1=Boyd|date=16 July 2015|work=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en}} Coconut Hero premiered on March 18, 2015 at the [Carlton Cinema](/source/Carlton_Cinema_(Toronto)) in Toronto where it screened for two consecutive weeks. Following its premiere, on March 25, Coconut Hero was shown for one week in Ottawa's [ByTowne Cinema](/source/ByTowne_Cinema).{{cite news|url=https://playbackonline.ca/2016/03/18/coming-soon-coconut-hero/|title= Coming Soon: Coconut Hero|last1=Pinto|first1=Jordan|date=18 March 2016|work=Playback|language=en}} == Plot == Mike Tyson (not to be confused with [Mike Tyson](/source/Mike_Tyson)) is a 16-year-old student living in the Canadian town of Faintville. Tyson [attempts suicide](/source/attempts_suicide), though after surviving he soon finds out that he has a deadly tumor. Initially, the tumor appears as a godsend in Tyson's mind as he becomes increasingly preoccupied with the desire and development of a mission to find a way to end his life. This mission is reinforced by his religious figure's encouragement for Tyson to find a plan for himself and follow through with it. After finding out about his tumor, Tyson meets Miranda and his priorities in life change from his morbid preoccupation, to spending time with and learning about his new love interest. Soon after, Tyson also meets his father; a figure that had been absent in his life until this point in time. Cynthia, his mother, objects to his father's sudden return, but becomes closer to him after learning that Tyson has planned against getting surgery to remove his tumor: the only means of saving his life. Tyson becomes overwhelmed with the conflict between choosing to fulfill his wishes of ending his life versus his thoughts and feelings surrounding his new relationship with Miranda. These feelings lead Tyson into making a spontaneous decision to run away with Miranda on a road-trip. After witnessing Miranda being struck by a car and suffering an unfortunate death whilst still on their trip together, Tyson decides to get the surgery that will remove his tumor. Ultimately, Tyson chooses life. == Cast == {{Cast listing| * [Alex Ozerov](/source/Alex_Ozerov) as Mike Tyson * {{ill|Bea Santos|fr}} as Miranda * [Krista Bridges](/source/Krista_Bridges) as Cynthia Tyson * [Sebastian Schipper](/source/Sebastian_Schipper) as Frank Burger * Jim Annan as Pastor * [Udo Kier](/source/Udo_Kier) as Mr. Morrow * [R. D. Reid](/source/R._D._Reid) as Funeral Director * Jeff Clarke as Doctor }} == Production == The director, Florian Cossen, is a German-Canadian and pays homage to a large portion of his youth spent in a small Canadian city by filming Coconut Hero within Canada in a similarly small town.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/coconut-hero-film-review-1201542854/|title=Film Review: 'Coconut Hero'|last1=Debruge|first1=Peter|date=16 July 2015|work=Variety|language=en}} Coconut Hero was filmed in 2014 in [Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario](/source/Sault_Ste._Marie%2C_Ontario), a town in northern Ontario.{{cite news|url=http://www.saultstar.com/2016/03/19/coconut-hero-gets-lukewarm-reviews|title=Coconut Hero gets lukewarm reviews|last1=Kelly|first1=Brian|date=19 March 2016|work=Sault Star|language=en|access-date=2 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403051857/http://www.saultstar.com/2016/03/19/coconut-hero-gets-lukewarm-reviews|archive-date=3 April 2018|url-status=dead}} The filming of Coconut Hero also took the cast to Germany for two days, after spending six weeks in Sault Ste. Marie. The film is a German-Canadian co-production from Toronto's Six Island Productions and Germany-based [UFA Fiction](/source/UFA_Fiction). Search Engine Films out of Toronto distributed the movie out of Canada. == Reception == Barry Hertz of [The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail) praises Florian Cossen's ability to cast an impressive number of European actors for a small film, but describes the film's plot by saying "there's nothing new here that hasn't been mined, ahem, to death in other, similar genre entries".{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/film-reviews/coconut-hero-teen-tale-of-depression-and-family-is-fine-but-nothing-new/article29276385/|title= Coconut Hero|last1=Hertz|first1=Barry|date=18 March 2016|work=Globe and Mail Retrieved from Factiva|language=en}} Harald Mühlbeyer, a German critic from the 2015 [Munich Film Festival](/source/Munich_Film_Festival), explains that the title is confusing and generally unrelated to the content of the film itself, but is quoted as saying that overall, Coconut Hero is a good film: "[The title] is the only mistake in this outstanding one masterpiece", as translated from German.{{cite news|url=https://www.kino-zeit.de/film-kritiken-trailer/coconut-hero|title=Coconut Hero|last1=Mühlbeyer|first1=Harald|date=2015|work=Kino Zeit|language=de}} == Award nominations == In 2015, Coconut Hero was nominated for the Golden Eye Award at the [Zurich Film Festival](/source/Zurich_Film_Festival). The film was later nominated in the New Directors Competition Category in 2016 at the [Seattle International Film Festival](/source/Seattle_International_Film_Festival).{{cite news|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4246854/|title=Coconut Hero|date=2015|work=IMDb|language=en}} == References == {{reflist}} == External links == *{{Official website|https://www.coconuthero.de/}} *{{IMDb title|4246854}} Category:2015 comedy films Category:Canadian comedy films Category:German comedy films Category:English-language Canadian films Category:English-language German films Category:2015 Canadian films Category:2015 German films Category:2015 English-language films Category:English-language comedy films Category:2015 films --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Coconut Hero](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_Hero) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_Hero?action=history)). 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