At the green edge of the world (film)

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Movie
German title At the green edge of the world
Original title Far from the Madding Crowd
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
Publishing year 2015
length 119 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
JMK 8
Rod
Director Thomas Vinterberg
script David Nicholls
production Andrew Macdonald
Allon Empire
music Craig Armstrong
camera Charlotte Bruus Christensen
cut Claire Simpson
occupation

On the green edge of the world (original title: Far from the Madding Crowd ) is a film by the Danish director Thomas Vinterberg from 2015. It is based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Hardy . As early as 1967 there was a film adaptation of the literary model with The Lady of Thornhill . The film is set in Dorset around 1860, when Queen Victoria ruled England . The independent and headstrong landowner Bathsheba Everdene is courted by three very different men: Gabriel Oaks, a sheep farmer who loses his flock of sheep to his inexperienced dog, Francis Troy, an irresponsible sergeant, and William Boldwood, a wealthy landowner. After many events, Bathsheba realizes that, despite all the differences in class, Gabriel is the man who suits her best.

The German Film and Media Assessment (FBW) in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title “particularly valuable”.

action

The film begins with Bathsheba Everdene's journey to her aunt, on whose farm she wants to live and work. On the way she meets her neighbor, the shepherd Gabriel Oak. After the two got to know each other, Gabriel proposes to her, which she refuses, although a marriage to Gabriel would improve her economic situation. Shortly thereafter, two events happen that turn their financial situation around: an inexperienced dog causes a large part of Gabriel's flock of sheep to fall down nearby cliffs, forcing him to sell his farm to pay off the debts he had incurred, to increase his flock. He is then destitute and leaves the area looking for work. Everdene, on the other hand, surprisingly inherits an uncle's estate and is now wealthy.

While Gabriel wanders around looking for work, on a market day he meets the girl Fanny Robin, who is engaged to an officer, Sergeant Frank Troy. Fanny advises him to ask for work at a manor in Weatherbury, where she also works. When he got there, several buildings on the estate were in flames. Without being asked, he helps extinguish the fire and saves a barn from the fire. The next morning he introduces himself to the mistress of the estate, who surprisingly turns out to be Bathsheba. Bathsheba hires him as a shepherd. Fanny Robin is now experiencing terrible things because her wedding to Frank Troy fails because she appears in front of the wrong church and Troy now believes that she has left him.

Bathsheba meets her neighbor, William Boldwood, a wealthy landowner. Although she only sends him a Valentine's card as a joke, Boldwood is offended on the one hand, and fascinated by her on the other hand, and a short time later proposes to her. Bathsheba hesitates to answer.

In the meantime, Bathsheba meets Frank Troy, an officer who is courting her. Although Gabriel warns her about Troy, she runs away with Troy and marries him. When the two newlyweds return to Bathsheba's estate, Troy's negative side emerges for the first time: while the couple and the employees of the estate are still partying, a storm is brewing and the haymaking must be saved. However, Troy is too drunk and does not take Gabriel's warnings about the storm seriously. Gabriel then begins to take care of covering all the haystacks with tarpaulins during the stormy weather, with Bathsheba finally helping him.

One day Troy meets Fanny again as a beggar in the village. She explains to him that she was at the wrong church on the wedding day and that she is pregnant. Troy sends Fanny to the workhouse and promises to take care of her. When Troy asked Bathsheba for 20 pounds, which he wanted to use for Fanny, she refused him the money because she suspected that he only wanted to spend it on his gambling addiction. A short time later, Fanny and her baby, who both died in childbirth, are brought in the coffin to Bathsheba's manor, Fanny's last known address. When Bathsheba sees the coffin, she recognizes Fanny's name and opens the coffin, where she sees Fanny and her baby. When Troy arrives and sees the coffin, he kisses Fanny one last time on the lips and explains to the protesting Bathsheba that he loved Fanny far more than she ever did. Troy then disappears to the beach and swims far out to sea, whereupon he is believed by everyone to be dead.

Bathsheba is now concerned that she might lose the estate because she has to pay off Frank Troy's gambling debts. William Boldwood, her neighbor, makes her another marriage proposal in this situation; he could solve Bathsheba's financial plight and save the estate. During the Christmas party, at which Boldwood wants to give Bathsheba an engagement ring, Troy suddenly appears again, who has only faked his death. He demands money from Bathsheba, attacks her aggressively and explains to her that she must obey him because she is still his wife. During this scuffle, Boldwood shows up with his rifle and shoots Troy, for which he is arrested and goes to jail.

The film takes a leap for some time: The future of Bathsheba's manor is now secured, and Gabriel declares that he now wants to leave the farm and emigrate to America. When he leaves the farm in the early morning, Bathsheba follows him on horseback and asks him not to go. Gabriel makes her another marriage proposal, which she accepts this time. They kiss passionately and go back to the estate together.

production

The film is a screen adaptation of the novel Far from the Madding Crowd (Engl. Far from the Madding Crowd ) by Thomas Hardy. The film was made as a collaboration between the British production company DNA Films, Fox Searchlight and the BBC . The film was produced by Allon Reich and Andrew Macdonald of DNA Films, executive producer was Christine Langan of BBC Films. The screenplay was written by David Nicholls and directed by Thomas Vinterberg . The film was shot in England in Dorset , Oxfordshire , Buckinghamshire and London . The film had its world premiere on May 1, 2015.

reception

The Guardian praises the good performance of the actors involved, but regrets that director Thomas Vinterberg and screenwriter David Nicholls are giving away much of the potential of the novel with its disturbing elements and erotic energy. The novel contains z. B. Evidence that the wealthy neighbor William Boldwood developed a downright obsession for Bathsheba, but this is hardly shown in the film, so that Troy's shooting by Boldwood in Vinterberg's version does not match the rather cautious character played by Michael Sheen . The Guardian compares Vinterberg's version of the film with the 1967 film adaptation by John Schlesinger , which is closer to the spirit of the novel despite the greater freedom in the script.

Among the good actors, the performance of Carey Mulligan is praised, whose portrayal is seen by some critics as better than that of Julie Christie from the 1967 film adaptation of Schlesinger.

Rotten Tomatoes sums up the more than 100 reviews of the film as positive and awards a critic score of 85%. Compared to the novel and the previous film adaptation, Vinterberg's film scores above all with the good direction and talented cast.

The film was a commercial success, grossing over $ 30 million worldwide.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for On the green edge of the world . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , May 2015 (PDF; test number: 151 991 K).
  2. ↑ Age rating for On the green edge of the world . Youth Media Commission .
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  4. ↑ Catherine Bolado: First glimpse of new Far From the Madding Crowd movie filmed in Beaminster and west Dorset . In: Bridport & Lime Regis News , accessed May 21, 2020.
  5. ↑ a b Lucasta Miller: Far from the Madding Crowd - does the film live up to Hardy's novel? . In: The Guardian , April 24, 2015, last accessed May 21, 2020.
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