All or nothing

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Movie
German title All or nothing
Original title All or nothing
Country of production Great Britain , France
original language English
Publishing year 2002
length 128 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
JMK 12
Rod
Director Mike Leigh
script Mike Leigh
production Simon Channing-Williams
music Andrew Dickson
camera Dick Pope
cut Lesley Walker
occupation

All or Nothing is a British - French drama from 2002 . It was directed by Mike Leigh , who also wrote the script.

action

The taxi driver Phil, his wife Penny, a cashier in a supermarket, and the two extremely overweight children Rory and Rachel live in a shabby London suburb. You have nothing more to say to each other. At dinner together, Phil tries to start a conversation, but the aggressive, work-shy son Rory prefers to watch TV, Penny chokes the conversation with biting remarks, and daughter Rachel is no help in her silent inner isolation either.

Penny's single work colleague Maureen also lives in the settlement with her daughter Donna. Although she does not have it easy with her unhappily in love daughter and her aggressiveness, she seems to be quite satisfied with her life. With her friends Penny and the alcoholic Carol, wife of Phil's work colleague Ron, she goes to the pub on Saturday and enjoys karaoke.

Donna is beaten up and abandoned by her boyfriend Jason when she confesses to him that she is pregnant. In this situation, her mother gives her support that she did not expect. Samantha, the daughter of Carol and Ron, takes on Jason. In her loneliness, she has nothing else in mind than to turn the heads of all men.

After a trip with a French woman, with whom Phil is having a conversation about life and love, he switches off the taxi radio and his cell phone and drives to the sea. He has to think about his life. His son has a heart attack and Penny tries desperately to contact Phil. When he finally arrives at the hospital, she only blames him.

Then at home there is an argument. Phil accuses Penny of not loving him anymore and that he feels like a piece of shit from her. Now, for the first time in a long time, they are talking to each other about their feelings. It becomes clear to both that they can and will only master life together.

The next day the whole family sits at Rory's sickbed. They talk to each other and can even laugh again.

background

The film was shot in London and Kent . Its production amounted to an estimated 9 million US dollars . The world premiere took place on May 17, 2002 at the Cannes International Film Festival . On September 9, 2002, the film was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival , which was followed by several other film festivals. In British cinemas it grossed around £ 586,000 .

Reviews

Desson Howe wrote in the Washington Post on November 1, 2002 that the film was "excellently structured" and showed the characters from different angles. Leigh has created another remarkable piece of work that is among his best.

Peter Travers wrote in Rolling Stone on October 31, 2002 that the director, an "unrelenting poet of the British working class," was not opening up new territory. However, he knows how "daily drudgery" can kill love and offers "strong material".

The film-dienst said that the film offers "spotlights on the life of a London working class". He oversubscribes "his protagonists for a long time almost to the point of caricature", but he succeeds in convincingly depicting their "life in the socially remote and even shining a ray of hope at the end". It is a "convincing study of a class that has settled in its misery".

Awards

Mike Leigh was nominated for the Palme d'Or in 2002. He was also nominated in two categories for the European Film Awards in 2002, with Timothy Spall receiving the third nomination, who was also nominated for the British Independent Film Award in 2002.

Mike Leigh as screenwriter and the film was nominated for a 2003 Golden Satellite Award . Lesley Manville and the film received the 2003 London Critics Circle Film Award . The film received the Evening Standard British Film Award in 2003 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for All or Nothing . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2004 (PDF; test number: 91 942 V / DVD).
  2. ↑ Age rating for All or Nothing . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ↑ All or Nothing Filming Locations , accessed March 1, 2008.
  4. ^ All or Nothing box office results , accessed March 1, 2008.
  5. ↑ Premiere data of All or Nothing , accessed on March 1 of 2008.
  6. ^ A film review by Desson Howe , accessed March 1, 2008.
  7. ^ Film review by Peter Travers , accessed on March 2, 2008.
  8. ^ All or Nothing in the Lexicon of International FilmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used , accessed March 1, 2008.