Fifteen-year-old Maren wants to get away – far away. Aside from all the boys thinking she’s frigid, her recently love-struck mother is driving her round the twist. But she also has a father who she hasn’t seen for years. When Maren decides to get in touch with him, her mother finally spills the beans: He now goes by the name of Sophia and lives as a woman – just what she needs! Irrespective of her vexation, Maren risks a meeting and finds in Sophia a person just as hormonal and puerile as herself – a person who would actually prefer to be her best friend, at best even her mother. Can Maren accept that this life makes her father happy? TRANSPAPA is a compassionate and funny story of gender role-breaking, tolerance and the search for identity.
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Luisa Sappelt
Maren
Also in
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Devid Striesow
Sophia
Known for
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Counterfeiters
Sandra Borgmann
Ulrike
Known for
Dark
Perfume
Horst Sachtleben
Wolfgang
Known for
Buddy
Beyond Silence
Florence Kasumba
Tessi
Known for
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Black Panther
Fritzi Haberlandt
Silke
Known for
Babylon Berlin
Deutschland
Arno Kempf
Volker
Also in
Mein großer dicker peinlicher Verlobter
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Henriette Nagel
Zora
Also in
Freche Mädchen 2
Das Milan-Protokoll
Sarah-Judith Mettke Director
First release November 22, 2012 · Produced in Germany · Production ZDF
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teamWorx
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ZDF
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Germany
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German
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German
Release dates
Germany · November 22, 2012
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Germany
December 5, 2012 · TV · SWR Fernsehen
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