Oh Boy (2012)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Oh boy |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2012 |
| length | 83 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jan-Ole Gerster |
| script | Jan-Ole Gerster |
| production |
Marcos Kantis Alexander Wadouh |
| music | The Major Minors and Cherilyn MacNeil |
| camera | Philipp Kirsamer |
| cut | Anja Siemens |
| occupation | |
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Oh Boy is a German feature film by the director Jan-Ole Gerster from 2012. The black and white filmed and jazz music- backed tragic comedy is about an aimless ex-student from Berlin (played by Tom Schilling ) who spent a day and a night drifting through the German capital and meeting a wide variety of people. The film has won several awards and in 2013 received the German Film Prize in six categories, including best feature film.
action
Niko, who was in his late twenties from Berlin, dropped out of law two years ago and has lived through the day ever since. The film, which takes place on only one day (from the morning of the first day to the next morning), largely dispenses with a narrative action and shows in episodic scenes how Niko drifts aimlessly through the city in front of the backdrop of Berlin, sometimes with comical, sometimes tragic situations are confronted.
He meets some very different people: his father, who turns off the money for him; the failed actor and life artist Matze; his lonely and desperate neighbor Karl Speckenbach; a harassed psychologist who will not renew his revoked driver's license; his former classmate Julika, who after many years is still fighting against the emotional injuries of her childhood; drunken youngsters who bleed his nose and, late at night, a mysterious old man who talks about his childhood during the Nazi era and dies in the hospital during the night.
At the beginning of the film, the protagonist is offered a coffee when he gets up, which he turns down. As a running gag , he tries in vain for the rest of the film (seven times in total) to have a cup of coffee, which he finally succeeds in doing.
background
Oh Boy is Gerster's thesis at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin . The film was shot in Berlin from June 7th to July 10th 2010 and had a budget of around 300,000 euros. The film was released in German cinemas on November 1, 2012 at X Verleih, where it was seen by over 350,000 people.
criticism
"'Oh Boy' tenderly describes the chaos of an urban and a corresponding inner life and proves that it can only find an order that makes sense through assembled film images."
"Jan Ole Gerster has a talent for inventing situations in which he can turn his feeling for what makes Berlin so special."
“Everything is right: from the Swabian latte macchiato saleswoman to the embittered off-theater director to the excellent Schilling. Full of hilarious dialogues and poetic snapshots of urban reality. "
“Tom Schilling is one of the main actors, the other is the big city. The film is a partly comical, partly oppressive portrait of a Berlin society in which an unbelievably gruff tone prevails, a general lack of distance and disrespect that can turn to extremes at any time, sometimes even violence. "
“Like Niko, the film also strolls through Berlin, whereby the various episodes are very well balanced between mood and satire, tragedy and comedy, everyday life and exaggeration. Just by the fact that Jan Ole Gerster moves the capital away from the chic showcase and hotspot backdrops, his film is also advancing to a true Berlin film. "
“Melancholy comedy with an episode-like structure, sometimes entertaining with perfectly timed skits, sometimes with punchy dialog jokes. Played confidently in the main role, the film, photographed in black and white and underlaid with effective "cool" jazz music, gains a dreamlike and strictly stylized quality. "
Awards
- 2012: New German Cinema Award in the Screenplay category at the Munich Film Festival to Jan-Ole Gerster
- 2012: German Independence Award - Best German Film at the Oldenburg International Film Festival to Jan-Ole Gerster
- 2012: German Independence Award - Audience Award at the Oldenburg International Film Festival to Jan-Ole Gerster
- 2012: Seymour Cassel Award at the Oldenburg International Film Festival to Tom Schilling
- 2012: Best Director Award at the International Film Festival Bratislava to Jan-Ole Gerster
- 2012: FIPRESCI Award at the International Film Festival Bratislava
- 2012: FEDEORA Award at the International Film Festival Bratislava
- 2012: Bavarian Film Award in the Actor category to Tom Schilling
- 2012: Bavarian film award in the screenplay category to Jan-Ole Gerster
- 2012: German Film Critics' Prize in the Best Feature Film Debut category
- 2012: German Film Critics' Prize in the Best Music category to The Major Minors and Cherilyn MacNeil
- 2013: Focusfox Grand Prix Award at the Sofia International Film Festival
- 2013: Romy in the category Best Book Cinema to Jan-Ole Gerster
- 2013: New Faces Award in the category Best Debut Film to Jan-Ole Gerster
- 2013: German Film Award in the category of best fictional film in gold
- 2013: German Film Award in the Best Screenplay category to Jan-Ole Gerster
- 2013: German Film Award in the Best Director category to Jan-Ole Gerster
- 2013: German Film Award in the Best Acting Achievement category - male leading role to Tom Schilling
- 2013: German Film Award in the Best Acting Performance category - male supporting role to Michael Gwisdek
- 2013: German Film Award in the Best Film Music category to The Major Minors and Cherilyn MacNeil
- 2013: European Film Award in the Best Newcomer Film category
Web links
- Oh Boy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
- Oh boy at filmportal.de
- Oh boy at crew united
Individual evidence
- ^ Lacony beats pathos Die Zeit, April 27, 2013.
- ↑ kino.de: Oh Boy Film 2012
- ↑ Long live the feeling of the big city Die Welt from November 1, 2012
- ^ No Coffee and Cigarettes the daily newspaper of November 1, 2012
- ↑ [1] HÖRZU
- ↑ Quiet, Mann Süddeutsche Zeitung, October 26, 2012
- ↑ Lost in Berlin ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. flood of November 1, 2012
- ↑ Oh boy. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 20, 2015 .
