1200 gross
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | 1200 gross |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2008 |
| length | 43 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Britta Wandaogo |
| script | Britta Wandaogo |
| production | wandaogo production |
| camera | Britta Wandaogo |
| cut | Britta Wandaogo, Gesa Hollerbach |
1200 gross is a German documentary by Britta Wandaogo from 2008 .
The film was made in the editorial people at first hand the WDR . He received the Cologne Media Prize in the camera work category and the 2008 side prize for the view. film festival of the Ruhr area.
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Andy is 21 and works in waste paper sorting. He stands in the middle of the press and sorts plastic waste and waste paper for onward transport to China - a backbreaking job for 1200 gross. Andy is hardworking, has learned to persevere, and he knows for whom, every evening his three children wait longingly for their dad. But when his girlfriend was expecting her fourth child, the family situation and Andy's optimism began to falter.
Andy: “I'm not stupid, I am well educated and can help myself. I think we do it pretty well together, and if I had a driver's license, I wouldn't do such a dirty job either. "
Two years later, Wandaogo made a second film about Andy and his family called: Without My Fourth Child .
Reviews
“1200 gross shows the man who belongs to the precariat in modern jargon in the midst of his serious everyday problems as a young man freed from all stereotypes and radiant with dignity through his clarity, determination and loving manner. Andy is 21 years old and a father of four. The girlfriend and mother of his children speaks little and, according to the youth welfare office, suffers from listlessness. An eviction suit is due because the apartment is too small (the fourth child was given to a foster family after the birth against the will of the parents). Wandaogo's close, but unobtrusive camera does not show the falling victim (as is so often the case!), But a strong, clever, loving person who does not find a chance in a system in which everyone supposedly means well (authorities, family of origin, employer) . A real Horvathian drama. "
“'1200 gross - Andy's back-breaking job' is a film that impresses above all with its camera work. The striking thing about Britta Wandaogo's camera is - and that may sound absurd at first - its inconspicuousness. Especially where life is important, at Andy's home, everything that separates the characters and the audience seems to disappear. There is no trace of a distance that a television camera can create. It almost seems as if those involved simply forget the presence of the camera and the writer. In this way, a film is created that makes it possible to experience how close the will to exist, helplessness and love are in this family. "
Awards
- 2008: views. film festival of the Ruhr area. Additional price for 1200 gross
- 2008: Cologne Media Prize category camera work for 1200 gross
Web links
- 1200 gross on wandaogo.de
- 1200 gross In: Forum texts WDR
- 1200 gross at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Cologne Media Prize. Retrieved April 19, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Marc Strecker, www.m-bient.de: 2008: views. film festival of the ruhr area. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 15, 2016 ; Retrieved April 19, 2017 .
- ↑ 3sat.online: 3sat TV program Wednesday, April 19 . Retrieved April 19, 2017 .
- ^ STANDARD Verlagsgesellschaft mbH: Survey of a victim . In: derStandard.at . ( derstandard.at [accessed April 19, 2017]).