The Kangaroo Chronicles

The Kangaroo Chronicles (Die Känguru-Chroniken, 2020) is a German comedy you can watch online on iFILM. One day a brash, talking kangaroo simply moves into the flat of Marc-Uwe, a quiet Berlin artist plagued by headaches. The new roommate is a committed communist with a weakness for pancakes and Marxist one-liners.

So much for a peaceful life. When a far-right property tycoon plans to flatten the whole neighbourhood for a giant development, the kangaroo appoints itself local saviour — hatching one ridiculous scheme after another, since each previous one collapses in spectacular fashion. Dani Levy directs, adapting Marc-Uwe Kling's hugely popular audiobooks; the author turns up on screen too, while Dimitrij Schaad plays the lead. It is an absurd, motor-mouthed and surprisingly political farce, made for anyone who likes European comedies that mock the present day through an animal hero smarter than every human in the room. Stream The Kangaroo Chronicles (2020) online on iFILM.