When we danced
Movie | |
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German title | When we danced |
Original title | And then we danced |
Country of production | Sweden , Georgia |
original language | Georgian |
Publishing year | 2019 |
length | 113 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 12 |
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Director | Levan Akin |
script | Levan Akin |
production | Ketie Danelia , Mathilde Dedye |
camera | Lisabi Fridell |
cut | Levan Akin, Simon Carlgren |
occupation | |
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When we danced (Original title: And Then We Danced ) is a film drama by Levan Akin , which premiered on May 16, 2019 at the Cannes International Film Festival and was released in Swedish cinemas on September 13, 2019.
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Merab has been training with his dance partner Mary in the Georgian National Ensemble since he was a child. His world is turned upside down when one day the charismatic and carefree Irakli joins the ensemble. This not only becomes his greatest rival, but also arouses a sexual desire in him.
production
Directed by Levan Akin , who also wrote the script. After Zirkel (original title Cirkeln ) from 2015, it is his second film that he directed and the first feature film in Georgian by the Swedish director of Georgian origin. For Akin, the film is a love letter to the culture and tradition of Georgia: “I wanted to show that there is no contradiction in loving your heritage, being part of this culture and yet not conforming to the norm. That was the overriding theme for me. ”Since there are still homophobic attitudes in Georgia , the director gave a different story before filming, which the film tells so as not to be driven out of the different locations. The name of the Georgian dance choreographer is not mentioned in the credits, but is listed as "anonymous" because Akin feared that he could lose his job.
He cast the main role of Merab with the dancer Levan Gelbakhiani . His dance partner Mary is played by Ana Javakishvili , Irakli by Bachi Valishvili .
The German synchronization was created from the dialogue director of Marc Boettcher commissioned by the Berliner Synchron GmbH Wenzel Lüdecke.
The shooting took place in Tbilisi , Georgia . Lisabi Fridell acted as camerawoman .
A first trailer was presented in early May 2019. On May 16, 2019, the film celebrated its world premiere at the Cannes International Film Festival in the Quinzaine des réalisateurs, the Directors' Fortnight. In late July and early August 2019 it was shown at the Jerusalem Film Festival . The German premiere of the film took place on August 28, 2019 as part of the queer film festival in Berlin, Munich and Stuttgart. In early October 2019 it was presented at the London Film Festival and then at the Warsaw International Film Festival . It was released in Swedish cinemas on September 13, 2019. At the beginning of November 2019 it was shown in the official main competition at the Minsk International Film Festival “Listapad”. In November 2019 it was also presented at the AFI Film Festival in the World Cinema Section. On the second weekend in November 2019, the film was shown in five Georgian cinemas under police protection in Batumi and Tbilisi, causing massive riots and arresting 27 people. Music Box Films holds the distribution rights for the film in North America. In January 2020, the film was shown at the Palm Springs International Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival in the Spotlight section before it was released in selected US cinemas on February 7, 2020. A theatrical release in Germany was planned on April 9, 2020, but this was postponed to July 23 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The film has been running in German-speaking Switzerland since June 25, 2020.
reception
Reviews
So far, the film has won over 93 percent of all Rotten Tomatoes critics and received an average rating of 7.8 out of a possible 10 points. Indie Wire Counted As We Danced To Make One Of The Best LGBT Q Movies Of 2019.
In his review, Nathanael Brohammer from the Gilde deutscher Filmkunsttheater particularly emphasizes the lead actor Levan Gelbakhiani , who is simply adorable in the dance performances and also excites with nuanced, unobtrusive, authentic play like Timothée Chalamet once did in Call Me by Your Name . At the same time, the film is also the depressing portrait of a cultural zone that has been left behind by globalization and, in particular, of a youth who wants to leave, with Tbilisi casually shown in its less flattering facets and ramshackle infrastructures, Brohammer continues: “The young people in the ensemble also lose small hopes and damaging longings with itself. "
Gross profit
The film grossed around $ 200,000 in total in the Netherlands, Lithuania and Turkey.
Awards
When we danced it was submitted by Sweden as an entry for the Academy Awards 2020 in the category Best International Film , but it was not shortlisted. Further awards and nominations follow.
Chicago International Film Festival 2019
- Awarded the Best International Feature Audience Award ( Levan Akin )
- Awarded the Gold Q-Hugo in the Out-Look Competition (Levan Akin)
Cork Film Festival 2019
- Nomination for the audience award (Levan Akin)
- Nomination for the European University Film Award (Levan Akin)
- Nomination for Best Actor ( Levan Gelbakhiani )
European Film Festival Seville 2019
- Received the Ocaña Award to Freedom (Levan Akin)
- Awarded the audience award in the EFA Selection (Levan Akin)
Guldbagge 2020
- Award for Best Film (Levan Akin)
- Best Actor Award (Levan Gelbakhiani)
- Award for Best Screenplay (Levan Akin)
- Award for the best camera (Lisabi Fridell)
- Nomination for Best Director (Levan Akin)
- Nomination for Best Supporting Actor (Bachi Valishvili)
- Nomination for Best Production Design (Teo Baramidze)
Cannes International Film Festival 2019
- Nomination for the Queer Palm (Levan Akin)
Minsk International Film Festival “Listapad” 2019
- Award as Best Actor (Levan Gelbakhiani)
Odessa International Film Festival 2019
- Awarded the Golden Duke in international competition (Levan Akin)
- Award as best actor in international competition (Levan Gelbakhiani)
- Awarded the Grand Prix (Levan Akin, together with Evge )
Palm Springs International Film Festival 2020
- Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film for the FIPRESCI Award (Levan Akin)
- Nomination for Best Film (Levan Akin)
- Award as Best Actor (Levan Gelbakhiani)
Zurich Film Festival 2019
- Nomination for the Golden Eye
Web links
- As we danced in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- When we danced in the German dubbing index
- And Then We Danced in the program of the series Directors' Fortnight of the International Film Festival of Cannes (English)
- And Then We Danced - Official Trailer from MovieZine on Youtube (Video, Georgian with English subtitles)
- Levan Gelbakhiani in an interview with Cineuropa (video, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for When we danced . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 196843 / K).
- ^ And Then We Danced. In: quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
- ↑ https://variety.com/2019/film/global/levan-akin-and-then-we-danced-1203305898/
- ↑ https://www.firstshowing.net/2019/first-trailer-for-georgian-film-and-then-we-danced-playing-in-cannes/
- ↑ La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs: Sélection officielle 2019. In: quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved on May 14, 2019 (PDF; 3.7 MB)
- ↑ La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs: Sélection officielle 2019. In: quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
- ^ And Then We Danced. In: jff.org.il. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- ↑ queer film festival . In: www.queerfilmfestival.net/2019/07/als-wir-tanzten. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
- ↑ 63rd BFI London Film Festival program announced. In: bfi.org.uk, August 29, 2019.
- ↑ Program 2019. In: wff.pl. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
- ^ And Then We Danced. In: listapad.com. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
- ↑ https://awardswatch.com/afi-fest-announces-world-cinema-and-documentary-sections/
- ↑ https://www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft/queerspiegel/premiere-unter-polizeischutz-proteste-in-georgien-gegen-film-ueber-einen-schwulen-taenzer/25208630.html
- ↑ https://awardswatch.com/music-box-films-nabs-cannes-directors-fortnight-title-and-swedish-oscar-hopeful-and-then-we-danced/
- ^ Program booklet of the Palm Springs International Film Festival 2020. In: psfilmfest.org. Retrieved January 3, 2020 (PDF; 331 KB)
- ↑ 2020 Sundance Film Festival: 118 Feature Films Announced. In: sundance.org, December 4, 2019.
- ↑ Start dates Germany In: insidekino.com. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
- ↑ http://salzgeber.de/tanzen
- ^ And Then We Danced. In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
- ↑ Jude Dry: The Best Queer Films of 2019, From 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' to 'Booksmart'. In: indiewire.com, December 20, 2019.
- ↑ Nathanael Brohammer: When we danced. In: programmkino.de. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
- ^ And Then We Danced. Retrieved December 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Audience Choice Awards Announced For 55th Chicago International Film Festival. In: chicagofilmfestival.com. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- ↑ Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Vitalina Varela Win Top Awards At The 55th Chicago International Film Festival. In: chicagofilmfestival.com. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
- ^ And Then We Danced. In: corkfilmfest.org. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
- ^ David González: Martin Eden emerges triumphant at the Seville Film Festival. In: cineuropa.org, November 16, 2019.
- ↑ Jan Lumholdt: And Then We Danced wins big at Sweden's Guldbagge Awards. In: cineuropa.org, January 21, 2020.
- ^ Awards of the Main Feature Film Competition of the 26th MIFF “Listapad”. In: listapad.com, November 8, 2019.
- ↑ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/we-danced-homeward-share-grand-prix-at-odessa-iff-1225864
- ↑ Pete Hammond: Palm Springs Film Festival Sets Lineup; 'An Almost Ordinary Summer' & 'Military Wives' Are Opening- And Closing-Night Movies. In: deadline.com, December 10, 2019.
- ↑ https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/376849
- ↑ Vladan Petković: Take Me Somewhere Nice triumphs at Sarajevo. In: cineuropa.org, 23 August 2019.
- ↑ Program 2019: International Feature Film / Competition. In: zff.com. Retrieved September 12, 2019.