Man and Boy: Dada

About the show

Twelve-year-old Michael meets aging Dada artist Kurt Schwitters while collecting bus tickets. Schwitters, a refugee facing deportation, befriends Michael and gradually earns his mother’s trust. He hopes the mother will marry him so he can become a naturalized citizen, though she has no romantic interest. When Schwitters gives Michael an unrideable Dada bicycle instead of the bicycle he wanted, the boy explains that he values its uniqueness. Schwitters, believing he is too eccentric for the family, decides to leave, but Michael asks him to stay.