Genova (Film)
- Colin Firth: Joe
- Perla Haney - Jardine: Mary
- Willa Holland: Kelly
- Catherine Keener: Joe colleague
- Hope Davis: Marianne
- Margherita Romoe: Pink
- Alessandro Giuggioli: Lorenzo
Genova is a British film drama from the year 2008. Directed by Michael Winterbottom, who co-produced the film and also, together with Laurence Coriat wrote the screenplay. The film takes place in Genoa.
Action
The Briton Joe lives in the United States, he is married and has two young daughters: Kelly and Mary. His wife Marianne dies in a car accident in Illinois, the 10- year-old Mary had brought from the back seat. Joe accepts the offer of work as a university teacher in Genoa, while pulling he and his daughters.
The 16 -year-old Kelly falls in love on the beach with a young Italians, what they concealed before her anxious, loving father. Frequently she is with her lover as a pillion on the scooter go. Both daughters learn piano and Italian. The grieving widower is one of his colleagues at the University in more detail, which he used to know. The little Mary can not get over the death of her mother and wakes up every night screaming. She sees on the streets of the city actually the ghost of her mother. The road, the dark medieval streets and everyday life itself assume dangerous proportions. Between the sisters come to tensions. The spirit of the mother must leave Mary. When she chases him on foot, their paths lead back together, and the family escapes on a highway just under a pileup. Last accompanied Joe his adolescent daughters on the way to school.
Background
The film was produced by the British company FilmFour, which belongs to the Channel 4 as. Well as by the company Revolution Films producer Andrew Eaton He was shot in Genoa and in Östersund (Sweden).
It was recorded digitally ( HDV) with the cameras Sony HDW- F750 and Sony HVR- V1E, then transferred to 35mm.
Its world premiere took place at the International Film Festival in Cannes in May 2008. As of September 7, 2008 screenings at the Toronto International Film Festival were planned. In September 2008, the film at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia- San Sebastián has been shown.
Reviews
The organizers of the Toronto International Film Festival wrote, the film shows how a loss would affect a family. Colin Firth is the " perfect choice " for the role of the father. The film show the influence of if not Look Now, but his own artistic sensibility of the director was clearly evident.
View London wrote about a "Highly Commended [ s ] " film " impressively staged, played superb, precise written " is.
For not It Cool News, it was " immediately apparent that a capable director is at work. "
Twitch spoke of a filmmaker " at the height of his art " ("a director at the top of his game" ). The traffic accident would be " almost unbearable " ( "almost unbearable ").
Dark Horizons spoke of " minimal narrative context " and a camera in " thoughts and needs two girls in their emotional maturity," which scans directly, and " life goes in fact further [ ... ] ".
Awards
San Sebastián International Film Festival 2008
- Silver Shell for Michael Winterbottom
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2008
- Jury Prize for Michael Winterbottom