24/7 The Passion of Life
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | 24/7 The Passion of Life |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2005 |
| length | 115 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Roland Reber |
| script | Roland Reber Mira Gittner |
| production |
Patricia Koch Marina Anna Eich |
| music | Wolfgang Edelmayer |
| camera | Mira Gittner Roland Reber |
| cut | Mira Gittner |
| occupation | |
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24/7 The Passion of Life is a German feature film by Roland Reber from 2006.
action
The hotelier's daughter Eva happens to meet the sociologist Magdalena, who works as the dominatrix "Lady Maria" in an SM studio while a motorcycle breaks down . Fascinated by the bizarre world of Lady Maria, realizing that there is everything in her perfect world except lust and passion, Eva goes in search of her sexuality , her very own identity, and begins an odyssey through the hidden places of pleasure - places , all of which pretend that they do not exist and that are everywhere: SM studio, swingers club , striptease bar - a search that also brings them into conflict with the compulsory standardization and double standards of society.
Lady Maria relates what is happening in the domina studio to religion - worship, confession, punishment as an act of forgiveness - as well as to emotional moments such as comfort, security and speaking out. In a seemingly bizarre world, a warmth arises for people with their dark sides.
backgrounds
Despite the location, the film is less a film about BDSM than about living out alternative ideas about life. The SM studio, swingers club and striptease bar were not re-enacted in film studios, but rather the film scenes in question were shot on original locations, with people actually involved in the corresponding "supporting roles". The shooting took place in September 2004 a. a. in the Studio Bizarradies in Munich .
The film has been in German cinemas since February 16, 2006. The makers (director and leading actor) accompanied the film to more than 60 public discussions through Germany and Austria.
Reviews
“… Basically, '24/7 'with its rituals of longing is a complex study of loneliness. Rebers Film is an SM opera with absurdly comical scenes and melodramatic sequences, a wild mixture of poetry and obscenities, in which the red wine enema stands next to the Hessian quote and the domina studio becomes the middle thing between hobby cellars and cathedral. In the showdown, located somewhere between Jess Franco and Peter Greenaway, the frame and lighting become clear: they are like 'vaginal' windows for a new, reborn perspective "
“Probably the first German feature film that takes the trouble to show SM as it is. However, it is not a pure SM film. It's a film about how society deals with sexuality itself. A film about religion, morals and double standards. (...) For example, Mira Gittner, who plays Dominatrix Maria, previously assisted as a second Dominatrix in the SM studio for half a week. (...) Some things also seem real because they are really real. Many supporting roles are filled with real SMs, swingers and strippers who play themselves. "
“The director Roland Reber, for example, made an amateur film about Catholic sadomasochistic disciples in which the Bavarian-speaking actors preach, half-bared, of the right to sexual freedom - '24 / 7 The Passion of Life ', as the title was Hof's strangest laughing stock. "
“… A film that is well worth seeing, which you may not have to like, but which at least makes you think. There aren't too many films about which one could seriously say that. "
"In several scenes you get the impression of attending a third-rate daily soap rather than an ambitious art film."
"'24 / 7 The Passion of Life 'is a lyrical study of obsessions, loneliness and secret lust - a philosophical, deep film."
“The erotic drama 24/7 - The Passion of Life was produced and distributed by the independent film label WTP International without film funding. If you look at the film, it is hardly surprising: The theming of sexual fetishes from the SM area and the questioning of the Christian faith are tough stuff that deserves a deeper discussion than this provocative farce with questionable morality. "
"The fact is that Roland Reber's new film sheds light on some facets of the unbelievable breadth of human imagination, which the current owners of moral authority would only too like to hide under the cloak of secrecy."
Festivals
- 2005 - Hof International Film Festival , Germany
- 2005 - Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya , Spain
- 2006 - Fantasporto , Portugal
- 2006 - Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata , Argentina
Web links
- 24/7 The Passion of Life in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- 24/7 The Passion of Life at Filmportal.de
- Official website of the film
- Review ( memento of June 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on www.schlagzeilen.com
- Information about the film and the crew, scene pictures, reviews and much more ( Memento from August 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
swell
- ↑ 24/7 The Passion of Life - Background . 24-7derfilm.de. Archived from the original on January 11, 2008. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
- ↑ Hans Schifferle: Lonely in a dream . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , February 23, 2006.
- ↑ 24/7 - The Passion of Life . schlagzeilen.com. Archived from the original on June 1, 2008. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
- ↑ Wolfgang Höbel: Doomsday in the Berlin sauna . In: Spiegel Online , October 31, 2005. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
- ↑ Münchner Merkur, Kultur, February 16, 2006
- ↑ The cross with sexuality . kino-zeit.de. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
- ↑ Bizarre New World . In: Neue Zeitung für Tirol , April 28, 2006.
- ↑ 24/7 - The Passion of Life . moviemaze.de. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
- ↑ The Passion of Life . AHA magazine. Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2011.