Ikarus

Eightyearold Matthias dreams that he will someday become a pilot and his divorced parents will get back together He waits yearningly for his ninth birthday because his father has told him the story of Icarus and promised to take him on a sightseeing flight When Matthias father doesnt come home he is devastated He runs throughout the city talks to his friend about the relationships of adults looks for his father at his desk and gets himself into conflict with the police As he sits alone on the roof of a house he comes to the conclusion that Icarus didnt plummet to the earth because he didnt listen to his father but rather because his father had forgotten him