Mozart and the Whale (2005) (original) (raw)

The emotional dysfunctions of two people suffering from an autistic disorder known as Asperger's syndrome threaten to derail the pair's emerging romance in director Petter N�ss' affectionate tale of love among the mentally afflicted. For friendly taxi-driver Donald, patterns and routines are of the utmost importance. In addition to his love for birds and his uncanny ability to process numbers, Donald does his best to give back to fellow Asperger's sufferers by leading an autism support group. When the lovely but intensely complicated Isabelle shows up at one of Donald's meetings, the ...(more)

The emotional dysfunctions of two people suffering from an autistic disorder known as Asperger's syndrome threaten to derail the pair's emerging romance in director Petter N�ss' affectionate tale of love among the mentally afflicted. For friendly taxi-driver Donald, patterns and routines are of the utmost importance. In addition to his love for birds and his uncanny ability to process numbers, Donald does his best to give back to fellow Asperger's sufferers by leading an autism support group. When the lovely but intensely complicated Isabelle shows up at one of Donald's meetings, the good-natured cabbie finds that love can be as painful as it is elating. (less)

Director: Petter N�ss
Writer: Ron Bass
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Radha Mitchell, Gary Cole, Sheila Kelley, Erica Leerhsen, John Carroll Lynch
Composer: Deborah Lurie

» See full cast & crew

3
fans

99
DVD
collections

12
Digital
collections

10
iTunes
collections

4
Prime
collections

10
MA
collections

| | My rating | 6.3350% like it | | ----------- | --------------- |

Benny & Joon (1993) 6.8 578Benny & Joon1993 A Case of You (2013) 5.7 47A Case of You2013 Playing It Cool (2014) 6.2 71Playing It Cool2014 Dan in Real Life (2007) 6.8 1,404Dan in Real Life2007 Because I Said So (2007) 5.3 213Because I Said So2007 Private Practice (2007-2013) 5.9 26Private Practice2007-2013 Le Divorce (2003) 5.8 47Le Divorce2003 Raising Helen (2004) 5.6 183Raising Helen2004
View from the Top (2003) 5.7 117View from the Top2003 Life as We Know It (2010) 6 797Life as We Know It2010 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008) 6.3 302The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 22008 First Daughter (2004) 5.4 107First Daughter2004 Sex and the City (1998-2004) 6.6 360Sex and the City1998-2004 The Oh in Ohio (2006) 6.3 41The Oh in Ohio2006 Little Black Book (2004) 6.2 147Little Black Book2004 How Do You Know (2010) 5.6 385How Do You Know2010

Show more titles »« Show less titles

Similar titles suggested by members