Jerichow (Film)
- Benno Fürmann: Thomas
- Nina Hoss: Laura
- Hilmi Sözer: Ali Özkan
- André M. Hennicke: Leon
- Claudia Geisler: labor mediator
- Marie Gruber: supermarket cashier
- Knut Berger: policeman
Jerichow is a German film directed by Christian Petzold from 2008 with Benno Fürmann, Nina Hoss and Hilmi Sözer in the lead roles. The movie premiere was on 28 August 2008 in competition at the Venice International Film Festival. The German theatrical release was on 8 January 2009.
Action
A dismissed Afghanistan soldier Thomas returns to Jerichow, in the sparsely populated northeast, in the inherited after the death of his mother's house back. His last money will be taken from him by Leon, from whom he had borrowed it once. The Agent of the employment agency can only give him a low-paying seasonal job as a cucumber pickers, and shopping in the supermarket, it can only be paid with money from the state.
By chance, he met the Turks Ali know who crashed his car into a ditch in a drunken state. Thomas helps him to bring the car back on the road. Thus Ali is not stopped by the police, Thomas drives him home. There he sees for the first time Ali's wife Laura. After Ali is finally removed but for drunk driving licenses, committed this Thomas as a driver to control and supply its 45 leased takeaways to.
Ali wants to celebrate along with the debut of Laura Thomas. At the beach Ali dancing drunk and oblivious to Turkish music. Unconsciously he caught Thomas and Laura in a mutual dependence and the film develops into a thriller.
Gradually, an intense relationship between Laura and Thomas, of the Ali but initially developed not notice. Instead, Ali's alcohol problem is getting clearer. Likewise it is evident that Laura is unhappy in her marriage with Ali, and even before she met him, Thomas, has already cheated. Ali finally declared that he had to fly to Turkey for a short time to his relatives and leaves its operation during this time his wife Laura and Thomas. It is clear that Thomas Ali is greatly appreciated.
During his absence, Laura and Thomas decide jointly to assassinate Ali on his return, so they can live together in the future. When Ali finally returns, Laura drives him to the beach, where Thomas has already hidden in the bushes. There, Ali revealed his wife that he, as he had not initially claimed, was with his family in Turkey, but in a clinic in Leipzig. There with him a serious illness was diagnosed, his life expectancy is only two to three months. Laura is touched by it and wants to give up their plan to assassinate Ali. However, this discovered Thomas and realizes that he has a relationship with Laura. He is furious and calls on both eventually to disappear. Before their eyes Ali rises shortly thereafter in his car, drives over the cliff, plunging into the depths and dies.
Film idea
"When we then turned Yella, we read in a Prignitzer newspaper that police had arrested a Vietnamese. He stood beside his broken car on the roadside. Broken axle, rear axle. The trunk full of coins, that was enough for an arrest. It turned out that the man belonged to 45 snack bars that money were change and daily receipts in the trunk. He had built up a business, buy a house, just outside, in a forest, far away from other houses, for himself and his family. "
" At the same time, the term includes the great word 'homeland'. When people come in Germany with this word, foreigners have to be careful. That's why I thought it was important that it is just like a Turk Ali, the middle of Saxony -Anhalt has the money, the house and the company. In the presentation by James M. Cain - The Postman Always Rings Twice ' - is it also about a Greek. That in Cain's love story also racism plays an important role, I was never appreciated enough. This racism is, home -building hidden in the word ' in a terrible way. "
Locations
The film was shot in the Prignitz and the Baltic Sea among others in Wittenberg, Rostock and in Ahrenshoop of 21 April 2008 to 6 June 2008. In Jerichow was not rotated.
Criticism
" A complex, theatrically intense drama about dreams, desires and passion, in which the protagonist aimlessly drifting through life and believe only in goods that are tangible with the hands. On the basis of a detective novel, the Luchino Visconti filmed in 1942 ( Ossessione ), was an impressive film that convincingly reflects not only German sensibilities. "
"With Jerichow Petzold is a fascinating update his filmography succeeded presented with inimitable views of landscapes, with scarce strokes sketched life world and everyday work - and if you want to know generations later, what it was like in this country, what people did and how they felt have, then you will find it here. "
"From the beginning Jerichow developed an almost physical experience of suction. It is formed by images that show the German east into their bright clarity and yet possess the power of abstraction of a large cinema narrative. And by an actor whose looks and body the dialogues are always one step ahead. "
Awards
- 2008: Prize of the German Film Critics for Best Feature Film
- 2009: nominated for the German Film Award in the categories of Best Film and Best Director