At the end of a day that was far too short
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | At the end of a day that was far too short |
| Original title | Death of a superhero |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2011 |
| length | 97 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ian Fitzgibbon |
| script | Anthony McCarten |
| production |
Astrid Kahmke Philipp Kreuzer Michael Garland |
| music | Marius Ruhland |
| camera | Tom Ferryman |
| cut | Tony Cranstoun |
| occupation | |
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At the end of a much too short day is a German drama in English from 2011. The film was released in Germany on August 30, 2012. The screenplay was written by Anthony McCarten based on his novel Superhero .
action
The cancer patient Donald is due to his stressed relationship with his parents by the psychologist Dr. Adrian King looks after. The difficulties of adolescence are exacerbated by the disease, which in the course of the film turns out to be more and more fatal. Dr. Adrian King tries to get Donald to have sexual intercourse with a prostitute due to his exceptional situation, in violation of the law and common moral standards. At the same time, Donald tries to find a relationship with a girl of the same age.
background
The film was shot in English in Dublin .
Reviews
Dpa-infocom described the film as terrific and wrote: “The Irishman Ian FitzGibbon filmed the coming-of-age novel“ Superhero ”by Anthony McCarten in a terrific way by cleverly integrating comic sequences, the rough tone and macabre humor of the original meets and moves the audience to tears. "
Doris Kuhn writes in the Süddeutsche Zeitung : “We would have liked to see more of it, of the dark persecutors that the boy fights as a hooded superhero; also the idea of dodging a monster cartoon is fresher than the rest of the story. "
Stefan Stiletto praises the “melancholy without pathos” and emphasizes the credibility and successful character drawing on kinofenster.de : “Ian Fitzgibbon has a good feel for when enough has been said and shown. Above all, he takes the emotions of his protagonist seriously and never talks over his head. Donald works on the dramaturgically precisely elaborated secondary characters, above all on Shelly, but also on the psychiatrist Dr. King, who accepts Donald for who he is, and to the parents who want to keep Donald at a distance as well as to hug. It is precisely the turmoil between rejection and love and, last but not least, his vulnerability that make this young protagonist so credible. "
Danny Gronmaier emphasizes on critic.de that it is “not a film about cancer”: “The disease potentiates the dramatic course of a coming-of-age story, but does not take up too much space aimed at pathos. The Irish director Ian FitzGibbon counteracts this possible dramatic trap from the start with a composition that is not only broken by the animated animation sequences. Scenes start suddenly and end abruptly, expected dialogues are missing or are surprisingly fragmented. "
Web links
- Death of a Superhero in the Internet Movie Database (English)
"Particularly valuable" rating awarded:
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b "At the end of a day that is far too short" celebrated its German festival premiere at the Munich Film Festival and opens on August 30, 2012 in cinemas. Bavaria Film , archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved September 20, 2012 .
- ↑ a b c At the end of a far too short day. kinozeit.de, archived from the original on May 16, 2012 ; Retrieved September 20, 2012 .
- ↑ At the end of a day that was far too short. Die Welt , accessed September 20, 2012 .
- ↑ Great: “At the end of a day that is far too short”. Focus , accessed September 20, 2012 .
- ↑ Last errands. (No longer available online.) Süddeutsche Zeitung , formerly in the original ; Retrieved September 20, 2012 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ Stefan Stiletto: At the end of a day that is far too short - Film of the month August 2012 In: kinofenster.de . Federal Agency for Civic Education and Vision Cinema , August 8, 2012, accessed on October 3, 2012.
- ↑ Danny Gronmaier: Review on critic.de, June 22, 2012, accessed on April 12, 2013.