# I Swear (2025)

**German title:** Verflucht Normal


**Genres:** Drama, History

**Duration:** 121 min

**Age rating:** FSK 12

**IMDb:** [8.4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31514146/)

**Letterboxd:** [4.2](https://letterboxd.com/film/i-swear/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 97%, Popcornmeter: 98%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/i_swear_2025)

## Description

John Davidson: diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome at a young age which alienated him from his peers, he struggled with a condition few people had witnessed.

## Details

**Premiere:** 28 May 2026

**Director:** Kirk Jones

**Cast:** Robert Aramayo, Maxine Peake, Shirley Henderson, Peter Mullan, Scott Ellis Watson, Sanjeev Kohli, Ron Donachie, Steven Cree, Paul Donnelly, Douglas Rankine, Adam McNamara, David Carlyle

**Countries:** United Kingdom, Ireland

**Languages:** English

**Available versions:** OmU

**Open-air showtimes:** No

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10ynpduiRpM)

## Showtimes in Cologne in original language (OV, OmU, OmeU)

### 2026-07-26 (Sunday)

- **[Kino Weißhaus](/cinemas/274-kino-weihaus.md) (Ehrenfeld):** [2026-07-26 19:30](https://www.kinoheld.de/kino/koeln/weisshaus-kino-koeln/vorstellung/9AF71000023MHWBOTF)  (OmU)