À moi seule
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | À moi seule |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 2012 |
| length | 91 minutes |
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| Director | Frédéric Videau |
| script | Frédéric Videau |
| production | Laetitia Fèvre |
| music | Florent Marchet |
| camera |
Marc Tévanian François Quiqueré |
| cut | François Quiqueré |
| occupation | |
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À moi seule (French .: For me alone ) is a French film from 2012, in which Frédéric Videau , who is also the screenwriter who wrote, directed led. The film tells the story of the kidnapping victim Gaëlle Faroult, whose captivity and her renewed life in freedom are portrayed. À moi seule ran in the competition at the 62nd Berlinale and had its world premiere on February 10, 2012.
action
At the beginning of the film, Gaëlle Faroult sits at a bus stop and looks at a missing picture of a girl, which she herself shows eight years younger. She has just fled and is on the way to her parents, who couldn't deal with her disappearance. As a result, Gaëlle tries to find her way again in freedom, while flashbacks tell the story of her kidnapping and imprisonment.
After the kidnapping, she was locked in a basement where she waited for her kidnapper. As a result, her relationship with her kidnapper Vincent Maillard changed noticeably. The power structure is shifting. She begins bossing Vincent Maillard around and even takes the initiative by flirting with whether he wants to sleep with her. In freedom she finds herself alone again and has to visit a psychological institution. The divorced mother clings to her daughter again, who has developed completely different needs as an adult.
background
The film was produced by the company Les Films Hatari . It was the third film by Frédéric Videau with which he was represented for the first time at the Berlin International Film Festival . On February 10, 2012, À moi seule celebrated its world premiere in the competition at the 62nd Berlinale . The plot is loosely based on the story of Natascha Kampusch .
Reviews
À moi seule received a negative review from Fritz Göttler , who rated him for the Süddeutsche Zeitung . His conclusion was: “A French Kampusch variant, very unspectacular and sometimes awkwardly told.” Peter Uehling reviewed À moi seule for the Berliner Zeitung and gave him mixed assessments. He criticized the increasing fragmentation of the film in its second half, in which individual episodes “do not combine into a thematically coherent narrative”. But he emphasizes the leading actress positively. He wrote: “Agathe Bonitzer plays Gaelle as a scratching brush, as a thin, bony symbol of emotional retreat. She doesn't want to play the personal departure that the director wrote in her script - her acting instinct is right against the author, because these individual questions are irrelevant to those about the nature of family and intimacy. "
For BZ , Agathe Bonitzer was even a favorite for the Silver Bear as best leading actress. This assessment is shared by Jutta Heeß , who saw the film for Kulturzeit . She also rated the film positively overall. She thinks À moi seule is “a depressing and at the same time impressive film. This is due to the skillful assembly technique of the director, but above all to the extraordinary acting performance of Agathe Bonitzer. ”Bonitzer also reminds her of Charlotte Gainsbourg at the beginning of her career.
Awards
In 2012 the film received an invitation to compete for the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. As part of the film festival, À moi seule was awarded the prize of the Gilde deutscher Filmkunsttheater .
literature
- Berlin International Film Festival (ed.): 62nd Berlin International Film Festival . Berlin 2012, ISSN 0724-7117 .
Web links
- À moi seule in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Second day at the Berlinale - Thundered to the draft on sueddeutsche.de on February 11, 2012, accessed on February 12, 2012.
- ↑ “Aujourd'hui” and “A moi seule” - Who am I? And why? on berliner-zeitung.de on February 10, 2012, accessed on February 12, 2012.
- ^ BZ film review - "A moi seule" on bz-berlin.de from February 11, 2012, accessed on February 12, 2012. ( Memento from June 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ The disturbing world of Gaëlle - From Captivity and Freedom on 3sat.de from February 10, 2012, accessed on February 12, 2012.
- ↑ Prizes from independent juries 2012 at berlinale.de (accessed on February 18, 2012).