From the life of a scrap collector
| Movie | |
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| German title | From the life of a scrap collector |
| Original title | Epizoda u životu berača željeza |
| Country of production | Bosnia , France , Slovenia |
| original language | Bosnian |
| Publishing year | 2013 |
| length | 75 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
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| Director | Danis Tanović |
| script | Danis Tanović |
| production | Cédomir Kolar, Amra Baksic Camo |
| camera | Erol Zubčević |
| cut | Timur Makarevic |
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From the Life of a Scrap Collector (Bosnian: Epizoda u životu berača željeza, English: An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker) is an award-winning Bosnian-French-Slovenian feature film from 2013 by screenwriter and film director Danis Tanović .
action
Nazif lives with his Roma family in a poor settlement and lives from collecting scrap. Because his wife Senada is in pain and bleeding, the family has to go to a hospital. There they are told that Senada had a miscarriage and that 980 marks are required for treatment. Since the family doesn't have that much money and Senada doesn't have an insurance card, she cannot have an operation. A second attempt also fails, whereupon Senada is discouraged. In the meantime, the electricity in the settlement is turned off because nobody paid for it. Nazif now asks his mother-in-law for help and a new attempt is started in another hospital with the sister-in-law's insurance card. The trick works and Senada is operated on and her life is saved. With the proceeds from the scrap of his car, Nazif can pay for electricity and medicine for his wife.
Reviews
“You have never seen it in the cinema: How two or three men dismantle an old car into individual parts, it takes hours, a back-breaking job with a heavy hammer and bare hands, for a meager pay at the scrap dealer. [...] 'From the life of a scrap collector' derives its strength from these scenes from the village of Poljice not far from the Bosnian city of Tuzla, which are documented casually with a digital camera. They give truth to the drama that unfolds from this everyday life. "
“Tanovic works with amateur actors who give his film authenticity, of course, but also urgency. Because in 'From the life of a scrap collector' they testify to their own reality. And that makes this only 77 minutes long film, without any dramatization or sentimentalization, a slap in the face for all indifferent people. "
“It is with these scenes that“ An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker ”burns into your memory. Because they do not have to speak, in script dialogues, in accusations and big words, because what Nazif and Senada re-enact as their everyday life, laconically, with a few gestures and words and luckily without any false "acting" for themselves speaks - so breathtakingly intense that the 75 minutes of film open up a new dimension of presentation on the screen [...]. This does not mean, however, that Tanovic and his cameraman Erol Zubcevic film without a will to style when they record the scenes with the handheld camera - a technique that Tanovic learned as a documentary filmmaker during the Bosnian war and which now benefits him in its speed and agility. "
"It takes a while to get involved in the uncompromising style of Danis Tanovic's 'From the Life of a Scrap Collector', but the effort is worth it: Behind the unpolished facade hides a moving, authentic drama."
background
The story of the film is based on a fact and was shot with the real family in their real environment with a budget of 17,000 euros. Nazif Mujić received around 1300 euros for 26 days of shooting. The film premiered at the Berlinale 2013 and was awarded two Silver Bears.
The family went back to Berlin in November 2013 to apply for asylum there, as they were still discriminated against in their home country and health problems threatened their existence. The application was rejected and the family expelled. Nazif Mujić sold the Silver Bear trophy to pay off debts. He died on February 18, 2018.
Awards
- Silver Bear / Grand Jury Prize at the Berlinale 2013
- Silver Bear / Best Actor at the Berlinale 2013 for Nazif Mujić
Web links
- An episode in the life of an iron picker in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Christiane Peitz: Docudrama about a Roma family. Oh, Europe! In: Der Tagesspiegel , October 9, 2013. Retrieved on August 23, 2014.
- ↑ Anke Westphal: A winter novel . In: Frankfurter Rundschau , October 15, 2013. Retrieved on August 23, 2014.
- ↑ Christina Tilmann: Lived everyday drama. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , September 9, 2013. Retrieved on August 23, 2014.
- ↑ Constantin von Harsdorf: From the life of a scrap collector . In: filmstarts . Retrieved August 23, 2014.
- ↑ One red carpet and back . Deutsche Welle , March 1, 2013. Accessed February 4, 2014.
- ↑ Susanne Lenz: How a film continues in life. In: Berliner Zeitung , February 2, 2014. Accessed February 4, 2014.
- ↑ Ursula March: The craft of need. In: Die Zeit , October 10, 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2014.