Take Shelter

Take Shelter - A Gathering Storm (Original Title: Take Shelter ) is an American film drama from the year 2011.

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The worker Curtis LaForche lives with his wife Samantha and daughter Hannah his hearing impairment in a small town in Ohio. He is haunted by disturbing visions and dreams in which he sees mount a devastating storm. It's raining oil, people behave himself and his family, and finally his wife towards him hostile. Curtis assumes that his visions are true, and rises into the idea of having to protect his family from the coming event. But he did not rule out that he is mentally ill, especially as his mother suffers from schizophrenia for years. He visits his mother living in the home, but notes that the described her symptoms are not consistent with his.

Meanwhile, he builds from an old, located in the garden tornado shelter. He acquires a container and enhanced with this the bunker. The work helps him to his friend and co-worker Dewart, the necessary machines come from his employer, who was not informed about the usage. Curtis doubts continue on his mental health. Recommended by their GP psychiatrist he first looks not to because it seems too expensive and practiced this in too great a distance. Instead, he read psychological books and turns to therapists the national health system. Their benefits it provides, at the latest in question than the previous therapist superseded and it is clear that the ill-informed followers would like to start the apparently standardized treatment from the beginning.

The ongoing health dreams put him more and more. Meanwhile, he alienated himself further from his family. His wife Samantha accuses him of the issues that he makes for the development of protective bunker, jeopardizing the operation of the subsidiary to be implanted a hearing aid. After his employer learned that Curtis has used without the permission of the Construction, he announces him. His friend Dewart is unpaid leave. The operation of the daughter finally seems at risk, as Curtis with his job and the generous health insurance coverage, the employer shall be granted loses.

It is clear that his wife will hold despite the problems caused by Curtis' strange behavior with it to him. In a neighborhood celebration it comes to a head. First, Curtis and Dewart get violent to each other, then he tells the audience that he was not crazy. Instead he will be prepared accordingly, when the storm rears.

Shortly thereafter, the family is awakened in the night of tornado sirens. It's stormy, and the family seeks the shelter on. You create gas masks and wait. Since the bunker is shielded from the outside world, it is unclear what is happening on the surface. After some time, Samantha sets off the gas mask and calls on Curtis to open the bunker door. This assumes, however, that the storm continues to rage. He can not overcome his fear and gives his wife the key. She makes it clear that he would open the door to face his fears. Curtis finally opens the door. The sun is shining. Cleanup efforts are underway, but the storm has caused only minor damage.

Samantha Curtis can persuade them to visit with her ​​psychiatrist. This comes from a mental illness and provides an opportunity to keep the disease in check with medication initially to allow the family the soon upcoming holiday in a cottage in Myrtle Beach. However, he recommends a subsequent inpatient treatment in psychiatry.

In Myrtle Beach Curtis builds with his daughter on the beach sandcastles. Hannah looks out to the ocean and formed into sign language the word " storm". When Samantha comes out of the house, they noticed oily raindrops on her hand. A huge storm is coming, several tornadoes are on the horizon. Samantha and Curtis nod to knowing. The water pulls back, and in the distance you can see a tsunami that rolls toward the coast.

Background

The film was shot in Elyria, Ohio.

Since its U.S. theatrical release on 30 September 2011, the film has been able, with a production budget of 5 million U.S. dollars, worldwide import about 3 million U.S. dollars again. The German theatrical release was 22 March 2012.

Criticism

" Suggestive disaster film, which unfolds its horrors not as an effect of spectacle, but as densely atmospheric psychological drama. "

"Instead of special effect thunderstorm to hail down on the audience, Jeff Nichols relies on the haunting game of his actors ( terrific: Michael Shannon). To this end, he plays David Wingos eerie music with an easy - flowing its leitmotif. The result is: a riveting allegory about America's fear of decline. Worryingly. "

"Of course there are images, scenes and stories that you have previously seen before, but not staged so forcefully, with such a clear view of life and human interaction in the American province, which fears. " Take Shelter " has an incredible number of strong moments and leaves the viewer long after the 120 minutes is not going on. "

" The hypnotic images of Camera -As Adam Stone signal poignant apocalyptic doom and gloom, as well as the sensitive sounds of David Wingo. " Take Shelter ," meaning " refuge ", is a premier atmospheric psychological drama and a thrilling movie metaphor for the present unrest in the American middle class. A terrific actor movie. "

German production

The German version was produced by TV Synchron Berlin.

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