99 Homes - city without a conscience

Movie
German title	99 Homes - city without a conscience
Original title	99 homes
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2014
length	107 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Ramin Bahrani
script	Ramin Bahrani, ; Amir Naderi , ; Bahareh Azimi
production	Ashok Amritraj , ; Ramin Bahrani, ; Kevin Turen , ; Justin Nappi
music	Antony Partos , ; Matteo Zingales
camera	Bobby Bukowski
cut	Ramin Bahrani
occupation
	Andrew Garfield : Dennis Nash; Michael Shannon : Rick Carver; Tim Guinee : Frank Greene; Laura Dern : Lynn Nash; Noah Lomax : Connor Nash; Clancy Brown : Mr. Freeman;

99 Homes - City Without a Conscience (Original Title: 99 Homes ) is an American drama film directed by Ramin Bahrani from 2014 .

action

Dennis Nash is a single father from Orlando , Florida. After he loses his job as a construction worker, he, his mother Lynn and his son Connor, with whom he lives together, are forced to leave their apartment. The property manager Rick Carver is responsible for the proper execution of the eviction. Carver offers Dennis a job as a craftsman, which Dennis accepts. Dennis shows himself to be a good worker and is quickly promoted by Carver to his assistant. Now he has to carry out evictions himself and quickly realizes that there is a lot of money to be made in this area. Carver shows him how to use existing laws to force homeowners to vacate their homes.

Dennis earns a lot of money from it and plans to buy his house back. However, since there are some legal complications associated with this, he decides to buy a much larger and more luxurious house instead. However, when his mother and son learn that Dennis could only afford the house because he pulls the last cent out of his pockets for financially needy people, like Dennis once was, they are shocked and decide to go to Lynns instead Brother to live.

Carver is now on the verge of a million dollar deal, which threatens to fail due to a court case by a homeowner. In order to win the case, Carver brings Dennis to bring a forged document to court, which ultimately decides the case for Carver. During the subsequent evacuation of the house, however, the man refuses to leave the building and the situation becomes tense. Shortly before there is an exchange of fire between the police and the man, Dennis admits that he delivered a forged document. Dennis is then taken away by the police, but not without seeing a smile from the homeowner's son.

background

The shooting began on November 18, 2013 in New Orleans .

The film premiered on August 29, 2014 in Venice , where it competed for the Golden Lion , but had to give in to the Swedish film A dove sits on a branch and thinks about life after being beaten. In the United States, the film was only released in cinemas at the end of 2015, which is why it was not included in the awards ceremony until the 2015 film year . It did not appear in theaters in Germany, but was released on DVD on April 7, 2016 .

Director Bahrani dedicated the film to the film critic Roger Ebert, who died in April 2013 .

criticism

The film was well received by critics. On the Rotten Tomatoes website , it has a 92% rating, based on an average rating of 7.6 / 10 and 138 critical votes. In the conclusion of the site, the film is described as a "modern economic parable whose righteous anger is well balanced with intelligence and compassion". Critics praised Michael Shannon's performance as Rick Carver.