Fathers (2002)

Movie
Original title	Fathers
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	2002
length	102 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Dani Levy
script	Rona Munro , Dani Levy
production	Manuela Stehr
music	Niki Reiser
camera	Carsten Thiele
cut	Elena Bromund
occupation
Ezra-Valentin Lenz : Benny Krieger Sebastian Blomberg : Marco Krieger Maria Schrader : Melanie Krieger Ulrich Noethen : Nico Ellermann Marion Kracht : Marco's assistant Christa Hanns Zischler : Dr. Beilenberg Christiane Paul : Ilona Elena Wilms : Secretary of the architectural office Victor Deiß : Dr. Schmidt Christoph Bantzer : Jakob Ellermann Sabine An Der Heiden : Snack seller Rosel Zech : Ruth, Melanie's mother Georg Tryphon : Melanie's father Paul Frielinghaus : Nico Ellermann's son Rolf Zacher : Peter Krieger Lena Stolze : Melanie's lawyer Eva Medusa Gühne : Melanie's roommate Anna Thalbach : Educator Annekathrin Bürger : Kindergarten director Uwe Meyer : Educator Franziska Troegner : holiday home landlady

Fathers is a film directed by Dani Levy , shot in 2002 .

action

The architect Marco and the teacher Melanie are married. Outwardly everything looks fine, but a crisis is building up between them. Her six-year-old son Benny has to endure the stress of his parents every day. When it gets too much, Melanie leaves her husband and takes Benny with her. Marco is very affected by this, and the affair with his colleague Ilona only gives him brief consolation. Melanie is granted provisional custody of her child by the family court . Marco does everything to see Benny as often as possible. The private pressure also has a professional impact and wrong decisions make the situation worse.

Reviews

• “Dani Levy has grown up. Perhaps that is also because he recently became a father himself. Sure, his last two feature films, in which he acted as a director - STILLE NACHT and MESCHUGGE - had already outgrown ROBBYKALLE PAUL's shared flat. But now, with FATHER, he is dedicating himself to a completely new genre that is still virtually undiscovered in German cinema: family drama. In this country, films that deal with the custody of fathers are pushed onto television, and mostly rightly so. ” (Nana ATRebhan, arte) Complete criticism

• “The film, made with digital handheld cameras, shows stylishly composed images, a color dramaturgy seldom seen in German cinemas, and dances dynamically through its perfectly resolved shots filmed with several cameras. He can rely on his ensemble, even takes it upon himself to capture established television faces like Marion Kracht on the big screen, and has fabulous moments of small gestures and looks. The inclined viewer can only say: Thank you. “ (Christian Gruber, editor) Complete review
• The German film and media rating in Wiesbaden gave the film the rating of particularly valuable.

Web links

• Fathers in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Fathers at Filmportal.de
• Official page for the film