Above us space
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Original title | Above us space |
Country of production | Germany |
original language | German |
Publishing year | 2011 |
length | 88 minutes |
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Director | Jan Schomburg |
script | Jan Schomburg |
production |
Christoph Friedel , Claudia Steffen |
camera | Marc Comes |
cut | Bernd Euscher |
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Über uns das All is a German feature film from 2011. It premiered on February 14, 2011 in the Friedrichstadtpalast as part of the Panorama section of the 61st Berlin International Film Festival .
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The married couple Martha and Paul Sabel live in Cologne in a happy and harmonious relationship. Martha works as an English teacher. Paul is studying medicine; Professor Gellendorf called his doctoral thesis a “milestone”, he told his wife. He tells her that he can take a job at the hospital in Marseille . Martha quits her job to move to Marseille with Paul. While Martha is organizing the move, Paul drives to Marseille a week before the appointment.
But shortly afterwards Martha receives a visit from the police. Paul was found dead in his car in Marseille. He committed suicide. Martha can't believe it, tries to reach him on the cell phone. Vain. At the police station, she identified Paul on photos and received his personal belongings, except for his cell phone. Martha is stunned. While preparing for the funeral, she realizes that she can only invite her own friends, as she doesn't even know Paul's friends. The only name that mattered was Professor Gellendorf. She goes to see him at the university. Gellendorf claims that Paul took exams with him, but that was at least four years ago. He has not seen him since then. And he certainly didn't do his doctorate with him. Finally Martha learns that Paul has been de-registered for years and has never submitted a doctoral thesis. The doctoral thesis at hand is someone else's. Martha has to realize that her husband has lived a fictional life for her. At university she is still looking for students who knew him. There she meets the history lecturer Alexander. Martha feels reminded of her deceased husband by a small gesture. The two fall in love and begin a relationship. Initially, Alexander learns nothing of Martha's history. When Martha's teacher colleague Bruno stands in front of her door with flowers and condolences her afterwards, she claims that her mother died some time ago.
Martha and Alexander want to escape the cloudy weather in Germany and Alexander receives an offer to work in Marseille. When the person who found Paul's cell phone calls Martha and Alexander realizes that Martha has kept a large part of her past life from him, the relationship falls into a crisis. Martha keeps looking for students who knew Paul. Alexander witnesses it and learns the real story about Paul. Eventually they move to Marseille. Martha is pregnant.
Soundtrack
- Vendetta '62 - The Montesas (In the bar)
- Même pas fatigué - DJ Kore & Magic System feat. Khaled (at the end)
Awards
- 2011: Label Europa Cinemas - Berlinale 2011
- 2011: Main Prize Film Art Festival Schwerin
- 2011: Special award from the jury, Script Award - Festival des Deutschen Films Ludwigshafen
- 2012: Nomination for the German Film Prize for Sandra Hüller (Category: Best Acting Performance - Female Leading Role )
Reviews
“Don't let the esoteric sounding title put you off! Above us, space is very precise, completely within itself and so far one of the few absolute Berlinale highlights. "
“Nothing about this film is arbitrary, the accuracy is outstanding, even euphoric. "Above us, the universe" is never dull and mechanical. "
“An exciting, moving film, at the same time enigmatic and open, with a strange and rare warmth. A small miracle. "
Web links
- Above Us Only in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Über uns das All - The German website for the cinema . Distributing real fiction films .
- Expert opinion of the German film and media rating
Individual evidence
- ↑ critic.de
- ↑ kino-zeit.de
- ^ Daniel Sander: Spiegel.de