Benedict Cumberbatch at the Berlinale: sweet appearance with his two film children

The next superstar has been honored by the currently taking place. “Sherlock” mime and Marvel magician Benedict Cumberbatch (48) appeared in the state capital with double accompaniment: The two children’s actors Richard and Henry Boxall from the joint drama “The Thing with Feathers”.

Cumberbatch plays the father of the two boys in the strip, based on the book “Grief is the Thing with Feather” by Max Porter. This apparently also colored into reality, at the Berlinale the star took care of the two children and posed with them in intimate familiarity. For the photographers, he even kept on his knees in second so that his co-stars were not too towering over.

The three do not speculate on a golden bear – “The Thing with Feathers” is not one of the 19 films in competition, but runs out of competition at the Film Festival. At the same time, the strip represents the feature film debut of director Dylan Southern.

“The Thing with Feather” celebrated its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival at the end of January this year. The film is about a family of four that is torn by a sudden stroke of fate: from one moment to the next, the family mother suddenly collapses in the kitchen and dies.

The father (Cumberbatch) then tries to enable his two sons as best they can. But after the tragedy, he suffers increasingly even with supposed loss of reality: a speaking, human -sized crow appears to him. What initially looks like a dark presence quickly turns out to be something completely different. Even a help for coping with grief?

In 2016 the book template won the International Dylan Thomas Prize. So far, “The Thing with Feather” has not yet had an official German theatrical release.