Year: 2018
Runtime: 86 min
Language: English
Directors: Christoph Lauenstein, Sean McCormack, Wolfgang Lauenstein
Twelve-year-old Luis's ordinary life is upended when three clumsy aliens unexpectedly crash-land near his home. With his Ufologist father initially disbelieving, Luis finds himself responsible for helping the extraterrestrial visitors return to their planet. He must also deal with his own challenges as an orphan while avoiding the suspicions of those at his school. Navigating extraordinary circumstances, Luis discovers a newfound sense of belonging and family among the stars.
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As Luis approaches his 12th birthday, he finds himself engulfed in a world of isolation, with his father, the renowned ufologist Armin Sonntag, always lost in his own thoughts and pursuits. Unbeknownst to Luis, the very creatures he’s been seeking are lurking just a hair’s breadth away, hidden in plain sight. On this significant day, his life takes an unexpected turn when he encounters an extraordinary trio of extraterrestrials, Wabo, Nag, and Mog (portrayed by Ian Coppinger). These aliens possess a unique ability to transform into any shape they desire, a skill intimately linked to human hair, and their crash landing near Luis’s home ignites a series of remarkable events.
While the adventure unfolds, Marlon (played by Eoin Daly) unexpectedly takes charge of the family SUV. Just as Luis’s father returns from a play starring his sister, he finds himself unwittingly drawn into an extraordinary intergalactic masquerade. Their unsuspecting neighbors, Mr. Winters and Ms. Dieckendacker, unknowingly trigger a sequence of absurd events in their attempt to imitate the aliens.
As the vehicle speeds toward Dragon’s Peak, Luis shares his astonishing discovery with Marlon about the aliens’ true identity, sending Marlon nearly fleeing in panic. On reaching the peak, the extraterrestrial trio, alongside Luis, embark on the crucial mission of repairing their mothership, which hovers magnificently overhead, while others remain blissfully ignorant of the cosmic chaos stirring around them.
In a hilarious turn of events, Ms. Dieckendacker morphs into a gigantic Tontonian beast, showcasing her newly acquired power to absorb human hair. During this frenzy, Luis inadvertently tumbles down a cliffside. Just then, Agent Stu, masquerading as an ice cream vendor, jumps in to avert an assassin from carrying out a nefarious plot against Luis, descending into a whirlwind of pandemonium as Ms. Dieckendacker, now a towering Tontonian, loses her footing and plunges off a precipice.
Despite the turmoil, Luis proves to be undaunted and quick-witted, devising a clever scheme with his extraterrestrial companions. They cleverly impersonate Luis to mislead the Tontonian into chasing after the real Luis, who finds himself in quite the precarious situation as he’s rapidly frozen in ice. Meanwhile, Agent Stu successfully dispatches Ms. Dieckendacker to her icy confinement, while the alien trio joyfully claim their long-awaited “NubbiDubbi” rug order before making their grand ascent back to their mothership, leaving Luis with a monumental story to tell.
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