Simon Birch

Simon Birch is a small but likeable and touching drama about an unusual friendship between a 'bastard' and a dwarf.

The film, which is loosely based on John Irving's novel "A Prayer for Owen Meany", is set in a provincial American town in the 1960s.

The two protagonists are both pursuing a dream. Joe wants to find his real father, not least after his wonderful, life-loving mother Rebecca dies in a tragic accident. Simon, who is a dwarf, is searching for the meaning of life. He needs to find out why he has turned out the way he has, a freak unloved by his parents. He even becomes the cause of the death of his surrogate mother, Joe's mother. Against all odds, however, he believes that he has an important role to play, a mission that he is predestined to fulfil.