Half Nelson (film)
- Shareeka Epps: Audrey " Drey "
- Anthony Mackie: Frank
- Tina Holmes: Rachel
- Monique Curnen: Isabel
Half Nelson (English for Half Nelson, a lever neck wrestling ) is an American feature film from the year 2006. The film opened on 27 March 2008 in the German cinemas.
Action
Dan is a young history teacher in an environment of African American youth section of New York City. Their world is governed by crime and violence. The young teacher tries an unconventional way to give students an idea of their own history. While this does not meet the requirements of school management, but among young people it is well received. He is also the coach of the basketball school team. The student Drey is a passionate basketball player. After a game Drey discovers that her teacher Dan is a drug addict. The mystery leads the 13 - year-old student closer to their teachers. Drey discovers that her teacher has just not yet found its place in society as they are. The girl lives on her own. Her mother is a paramedic and almost never there for them. My brother Mike is imprisoned for drug dealing in prison. His friend Frank is their only support, but also Frank earned his money with the drug trade. When Dan recognizes the drug dealer in the environment Dreys, he tries to protect the girl before this contact. But this protector urge becomes a problem for those just getting underway friendship between teacher and student. When Dan finally increasingly sinking into the swamp drugs, he is dismissed from the teaching service.
Soundtracks
Reception
Success
The film was released in several European countries in the cinemas. Nearly 170,000 moviegoers were counted in Europe, including over 60,000 in France. In the U.S. over 400,000 visitors were counted.
Reviews
Holger Roman writes for filmdienst that the film Abel Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant recalls. "Unlike Ferrara spot waived until shortly before the end of each high-pitched sound. Therefore come as a naturalistic handheld camera the slow crash of charming even in his misery protagonists observed the strong performances of the actors so unobtrusively to advantage. "
Christina Krisch wrote in the Kronen Zeitung of 22 January 2009, that this is an atmospherically dense, provocative and immensely powerful film, see the failure as an opportunity and a tribute to the rugged beauty of Brooklyn was.
Awards
The film took part in the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and the International Film Festival of Locarno. In Locarno, the film won the Special Jury Prize and Youth Jury Prize. Other prices are obtained the Jury Prize from the American Film Festival in 2006, the best debut of the 2006 New York Film Critics Circle Award and the Best Film of the 2006 Gotham Award.
The main characters Shareeka Epps and Ryan Gosling were nominated for several awards, among others, Gosling 2007 Best for an Oscar in the category of lead actor.