- Fatherless schoolboy Tobias is neglected by his mother and her abusive boyfriend and bullied at school. To become popular, he borrows an iguana to stage the lie that his father is an adventurer in South America.
- Fatherless schoolboy Tobias Baumann (13) is neglected by his often-absent, flirtatious, poorly-earning mother Anja, who spends more time with dodgy, abusive Fritze, and bullied at school by popular, cocky 'cool boys' gang leader Florian, who looks down on the kid without fashionable sneakers and arranges for classmates to humiliate Tobias, yet ends up bare-balls and punished by his father, the school coach. Tobias doesn't even know his father and dreams of one as nice and cool as his friendly flat neighbor, TV soap script writer Max Feldkamp, and can't resist showing his picture and 'borrowing' his iguana to 'prove' the older lie his father is an adventurer in South America. Max didn't mind babysitting big brother style, even buys cool gifts like designer sneaker, reluctantly allows Tobias to show him off as dad 'just once', then gets trapped in the charade, till enough is enough to break the knave's heart. Anja's latest liaison make her even more absent, then tragedy strikes leaving Max the knave's only hope.—KGF Vissers
- Tobias, aged 13, lives in an East German city and his life is as depressing as the blocks of flats in his quarter. He doesn't know who his father is, his classmates think he is "antisocial" and always pick on him, and his mother Anja lives with ignorant, violent Fritze. During a dispute in his class, Tobias claims that his father came back from South America with an iguana. The next day, he shows his amazed classmates and teacher the animal and a photo of his father. The problem: the iguana and the photo belong to his neighbor Max, head writer of a daily hit soap opera. When Max realizes that Tobias seeks his friendship, he thinks that the boy's story could be a good plot for his show. Thus, he looks after Tobias, but Anja's surprising death changes everything..—fippi2000
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By what name was Wer küßt schon einen Leguan? (2004) officially released in Canada in English?
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