And Now… Ladies & Gentlemen
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | And Now… Ladies & Gentlemen |
| Original title | And Now… Ladies and Gentlemen |
| Country of production | France , Great Britain |
| original language |
French , English |
| Publishing year | 2002 |
| length | 111 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Claude Lelouch |
| script | Claude Lelouch Pierre Leroux Pierre Uytterhoeven |
| production | Claude Lelouch Paul Hitchcock Martine Kampf-Dussart |
| music | Michel Legrand |
| camera | Pierre-William Glenn |
| cut | Hélène de Luze |
| occupation | |
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And Now… Ladies & Gentlemen (alternative title: Under the Moroccan Sun - A Journey into the Unknown ) is a love story with Patricia Kaas and Jeremy Irons in the lead roles, directed by veteran director Claude Lelouch in 2002, and which is set in Morocco for long periods . Piano Bar , Patricia Kaas' fifth studio album , was released in parallel with her acting debut .
action
The international jewel thief and disguise artist Valentin Valentin, who goes on his elegant but not necessarily fashionable raids in both Paris and London, dreams of sailing around the world again in his life , and he continues to dream of one day all his victims to compensate. However, he suffers from sudden attacks of amnesia . Like the bar singer Jane Lester, who often misses her performance at her concerts because of blackouts , gets out of step, wanders off the stage with a microphone or gets stuck in the roundabout, with increasing tendency. In addition, Jane is still ailing because of the separation from her trumpeter. Valentin leaves his girlfriend, the former hostage Françoise, for a sabbatical and sets sail.
When Valentin's racing yacht Ladies and Gentlemen - coincidentally like one of their songs - runs aground in Morocco , they meet. Jane has left her band and her new employer has ordered Jane, disguised as she is, to a hotel there. The fact that Countess Falconetti is staying at the hotel turns out to be a good business opportunity for the astonishingly disoriented Valentin. Jane gives him an alibi when their jewels disappear because of an alleged love night that she claims to remember. After a few gigs it turns out that Valentin and Jane - not really in love, and also both very disillusioned when it comes to interpersonal relationships - actually have brain tumors .
Despite the police investigators, they set out from Moulay-Yacoub on a 26-kilometer pilgrimage , on shoemaker's pony, and in summer clothes through the shimmering desert and the Scirocco to the grave of the legendary Lalla Chafia , which is said to have healing powers. A few sessions later, Valentin is arrested, survives his dangerous operation, his chances are 1 in 10 where he dreams of a super regatta in France, Jane seems cured, the jewels from the insurance fraud emerge, Françoise shares a bunk at home with the yacht dealer , and Jane and Valentin continue the hundred-day circumnavigation together.
background
The film was shot in Essaouira and Fès in Morocco , in France, among others, in Paris , Fécamp in the Seine-Maritime department and in London . The music was composed by Michel Legrand . Robin Millar was responsible for the arrangements.
The finished film was selected for the closing night of the Cannes Film Festival in 2002 . The first screening in the Federal Republic of Germany was on January 30, 2003, on August 4, 2003 the film was released on video and DVD. The German DVD by ems / Universum contains both a German theatrical version and a director's cut. The theatrical version has a playing time of around 106 minutes, the Director's Cut runs around 127 minutes.
The taz According to Patricia Kaas speaks in the synchronization itself.
Reviews
“It defies criticism: that is self-satirical. [...] episodically without meaning or purpose. "
“Life, one line says, is a sleep, and love is the dream in it - maybe it takes a fairy-tale land to tell of love, and the inability to remember enables a new beginning - free from fear and ties and Feelings of guilt. [...] If all films were like this, it would be a standstill - and it's nice as long as one just follows his own calendar. [...] Lelouch recorded the eternal summer time for his film kingdom. "
"May be outdated and more than a little decadent , but not a bad place to go."
“A silly enthusiasm for yourself that is contagious. Claude Lelouch [...] obviously loves his film, and like parental love, it fills this creature with an irresistible glow - undeserved, of course. [...] either romantic poetry disguised as nonsense, or nonsense disguised as romantic poetry [...] pleasantly as a two-hour vacation. "
"The Kaas has never played before, but she has a remote, beguiling beauty that calls for a camera (and a voice to die for)."
“Hard to believe that this should be taken seriously. […] It won't turn into important films, but some people want to fill the world with naive hits. (And what's wrong with that? I'd like to know.) "
Web links
- And Now ... Ladies and Gentlemen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- And Now ... Ladies and Gentlemen at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- And Now… Ladies & Gentlemen at Metacritic (English)
- Michael Wilmington: Movie review: 'And Now Ladies and Gentlemen'. In: Chicago Tribune (English)
- Ulrich Behrens: And Now… Ladies and Gentlemen
- James Berardinelli: And Now… Ladies and Gentlemen (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Cover of the German DVD (2003) EAN 8-28765-17849-5.
- ^ A b Filmdienst : And Now ... Ladies and Gentlemen. In: Kabeleins Filmlexikon. SevenOne Intermedia GmbH, accessed on September 21, 2008 .
- ↑ Philipp Bühler: The circular saw in the desert . In: Die tageszeitung , January 30, 2003, accessed on September 23, 2008.
- ^ Roger Ebert : And Now Ladies And Gentlemen (PG-13). In: Chicago Sun-Times . August 22, 2003, accessed on September 23, 2008 : “it resists criticism: It's self-satirizing. [...] episodic beyond all reason "
- ↑ Susan Vahabzadeh: A Dream Game. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . January 30, 2003, accessed September 23, 2008 .
- ^ AO Scott: And Now Ladies and Gentlemen (2002). In: The New York Times . August 1, 2003, accessed on September 23, 2008 (English): "May feel dated and more than a little decadent, it is a nice enough place to visit."
- ↑ Mick LaSalle: 'Now' a glamorous romance for ladies and gentlemen. (No longer available online.) In: San Francisco Chronicle. August 22, 2003, archived from the original on January 14, 2005 ; Retrieved on September 23, 2008 (English): “A goofy enthusiasm for itself that's contagious. Claude Lelouch […] clearly loves this movie, and his love, like that of a parent, infuses his creation with a glow that's irresistible, if not completely earned. […] Either romantic poetry disguised as nonsense, or nonsense disguised as romantic poetry […] it all makes for a pleasant two-hour vacation " Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Chic Lovers, Dirty Sheets. In: LA Weekly. LA Weekly, August 7, 2003, accessed on September 23, 2008 : "Though Kaas has never acted before, she possesses a distant, beguiling beauty that calls to the camera (plus a voice that's to die for)"
- ↑ Philip Martin: Movie review: And Now Ladies and Gentlemen. In: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. September 5, 2003, archived from the original on November 9, 2004 ; Retrieved on September 23, 2008 (English): "we can't believe Lelouch means for us to take this movie as anything […] serious […] This strategy doesn't result in important films, but then some people want to fill." the world with silly love songs. (And what's wrong with that? I'd like to know.) "
