Balkan Traffic - The day after tomorrow nowhere
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Balkan Traffic - The day after tomorrow nowhere |
| Country of production | Germany , Austria , Croatia |
| original language | German , Serbian , Croatian |
| Publishing year | 2007 |
| length | 84 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK Unchecked |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Markus Stein Milan V. Puzić |
| script | Milan V. Puzić Radoslav Pavkovic |
| production |
Olaf Jacobs Erich Lackner |
| camera | Rali Raltchev |
| cut | Petra Zöpnek |
| occupation | |
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Balkan Traffic - The day after tomorrow Nowhere is a German - Austrian - Croatian movie. The production, produced on a low budget, road movie and black crime comedy alike , thematizes the clash of Western and Eastern European mentalities. The film started in a few German cinemas in late 2008.
action
On the trail of a gang of gangsters, the young and ambitious Berlin detective Ulla ends up in the run-down travel agency of the Bosnian Feti and the Serbian Zoki. Under this camouflage, the two actually run a completely different business: They transfer the bodies of deceased compatriots illegally and cheaply to the Balkans . Ulla throws the corpse of a gangster's sister out of the coffin and lays herself in it. So she ends up in the hold of a station wagon with which Feti and Zoki make their way across Europe to the planned funeral. They are being pursued by their clients, who feel they have been betrayed and have sworn revenge: the original corpse was discovered by the police, who in turn are now pursuing the gangsters.
When Ulla is supposed to be smuggled across the border as a schnapps corpse in the back seat of the car, "she suddenly comes to life" and takes the initiative. The three main characters Feti, Zoki and Ulla then not only have to deal with their persecutors and the customs officers at various border crossings, but also clarify the relationship between them and how to proceed. Because Zoki falls in love with Ulla, who initially introduces herself as a traveler, but is soon exposed as a policewoman. Feti would like to see Ulla as a real corpse in the coffin, which is urgently needed to get the job done. Ulla tries to notify her colleagues and to call the GSG 9 to the travel destination. Finally there is a funeral in Bosnia with a wild shooting. In the final shot, Ulla is pregnant and drives a corpse over the border for Zoki.
background
Balkan Traffic - The day after tomorrow Nirgendwo is a co-production of the German Hoferichter & Jacobs (Leipzig) with the Austrian Lotus Film (Vienna) and the Croatian Jadran Studios (Zagreb). The starting point of the script is an idea of the Serbs Radoslav Pavkovic and Milan V. Puzić from 1998. The lead German production company brought in the German Markus Stein as co-director alongside Puzić in order to strengthen the Western European perspective and to develop characters and history for the to make German audiences attractive.
In 2004 and 2005, the production received funding commitments of over 1.25 million euros from several European film funding institutions. The Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung approved EUR 400,000, the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg EUR 270,000, the Vienna Film Fund EUR 120,000, the Austrian Film Institute EUR 191,582 and Eurimages EUR 270,000. In addition, the Austrian radio was involved through the Austrian film / television agreement.
The shooting under the working title in love with a corpse took place from April to June 2006 in Germany and Croatia. When it was premiered on September 11, 2007 at the Leipzig Film Art Fair , the title of the film was Nirgendwo the day after tomorrow . In 2008 the film was shown at the eighth berlin film festival - new berlin film award and the Biberacher film festival . A premiere at the cinema release as Balkan Traffic - the day after tomorrow Nirgendwo was on December 3, 2008 in Munich. The official release date was December 4th. With a maximum of four copies, the film reached around 4,000 viewers in Germany in 2008 and 2009.
Andreas Schmidt-Schaller , father of the leading actress Petra Schmidt-Schaller , who became known as the television commissioner , satirizes himself: He can be seen as Heiner , who is about to retire and tired of work .
Reviews
“Markus Stein and Milan Puzic shot a likeable crook comedy about two dubious undertakers. Cheerful, intercultural feature film debut. [...] The music is great, the characters are sympathetic, the filmmaker's request is definitely to be appreciated. At 'Balkan Traffic' you just can't expect the unmatched class of an Emir Kusturica, who discovered the Balkans for the big screen in an incomparably bizarre way. "
“The material would have been good for a lively road movie, but it suffers from a totally un-funny and bumpy script. Only those who have never seen an episode of 'Dick and Doof' will find the pounding and bickering of Zoki and Feti amusing. Playing with Balkan clichés is also rather flat. Weak."
“The directors wanted a lot and had more to say, but had great difficulty selecting their thoughts. […] Nevertheless: The film, made on a tight budget and by far not perfect, is lovable because a lot of heart and soul goes into every shot. And because - accompanied by Balkan beats - on closer inspection there are subtle nuances, absurdly comical subordinate clauses and really nice directorial ideas. "
Awards
Petra Schmidt-Schaller was nominated for the Undine Award 2008 in the category Best Young Comedian for her performance in this film .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ambivalence as a strategy , film review at Schnitt.de, requested on June 18, 2009
- ↑ Central German media funding : funding decisions 2004 (PDF; 210 kB), accessed on January 2, 2012
- ↑ Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg : Funding decisions March / April / May 2004 ( Memento of the original from June 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 2, 2012
- ↑ Vienna Film Fund : Balkan Traffic - The Day After Tomorrow Nirgendwo ( Memento of the original from June 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 2, 2012
- ^ Österreichisches Filminstitut : Funding decisions 2004 , accessed on January 2, 2012
- ↑ Eurimages : Co-production support - Year 2005 , accessed on January 2, 2012
- ↑ Balkan Traffic - The day after tomorrow Nirgendwo at filmportal.de , accessed on December 6, 2012
- ↑ Program of the 7th Leipzig Film Art Fair 2007 ( Memento of the original from September 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on July 28, 2010
- ↑ Balkan Traffic - The day after tomorrow Nowhere: Charts at Blickpunkt: Film , accessed on January 3, 2012
- ↑ http://www.br-online.de/bayerisches-fernsehen/kino-kino/balkan-traffic-komoedie-stein-ID1228120355621.xml straight link | date = 2018-03 | archivebot = 2018-03-31 14:47:03 InternetArchiveBot | url = http: //www.br-online.de/bayerisches-fernsehen/kino-kino/balkan-traffic-komoedie-stein-ID1228120355621.xml}}, requested on January 8, 2009 ( Link no longer available)
- ↑ Der Tagesspiegel , queried on January 8, 2009
- ↑ AUDIO VIDEO FOTO BILD ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , accessed on January 8, 2009
- ↑ Undine Award 2008 nominations, (PDF; 3 MB) ( Memento from December 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), requested on January 8, 2009
