Beck's Last Summer (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Beck's last summer |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 12 JMK 10 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Frieder Wittich |
| script | Frieder Wittich, Oliver Ziegenbalg |
| production |
Jakob Claussen , Ulrike Putz |
| music | Tobias Jundt |
| camera | Christian Rein |
| cut | Marty Schenk |
| occupation | |
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Beck's Last Summer is a tragic comedy by director Frieder Wittich from 2015 . It is based on the novel of the same name by Benedict Wells .
action
Robert Beck is a frustrated teacher who is trapped in his everyday life. The relationship with his girlfriend Lara threatens to break up, as she surprisingly wants to start studying in Rome, his job bores him and his dream of becoming a successful musician has long been on hold. But then he discovers Rauli Kantas, a talented singer and electric guitarist, among his students. He quickly realizes that this young guitar god could be his last chance to break out of his daily routine and still fulfill his dream of a musical career. Not only out of selflessness, Beck offers the young talent to support him by writing songs for him and making him big. But Rauli also has his own secrets. When Beck's best friend Charlie asks him to accompany him to Istanbul on an urgent matter, Beck, Rauli and Charlie embark on a crazy journey in which Beck has time to think about his life and goals.
background
The shooting took place from April 1 to June 5, 2014 in Cologne, Berlin, Budapest, Bucharest and Istanbul, among others. The project was funded by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg , Film- und Medienstiftung NRW , FFA Filmförderungsanstalt and the German Film Funding Fund . It was produced by Claussen + Wöbke + Putz Filmproduktion in coproduction with Senator Film Produktion and ARRI Film & TV Services.
Trivia
- Tobias Jundt alias Bonaparte not only wrote and contributed the soundtrack, but is also the vocal double of Rauli Kantas.
- In the bar scene at the beginning of the film, Benedict Wells has a cameo as the bartender.
reception
The film service described the film as a "[un] entertaining, well-played tragicomedy in the title role". “Initially staged coherently”, the “transformation into a road movie at the expense of the dramaturgical cohesion and the thematic backbone”.
The dpa , on the other hand, stated that Ulmen gave “Beck, who was disappointed with life, wonderfully tragic-comic traits”, but “especially in the first half the script was paralyzed”. The story "only takes off when Beck ventures out into the world", but the film remains "behind its much-praised original".
Web links
- Becks last summer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official film site
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of release for Becks last summer . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , April 2015 (PDF; test number: 151 279 K).
- ↑ Age rating for Beck's last summer . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Start of shooting for “Beck's Last Summer” . In: spielfilm.de . April 22, 2014. Accessed June 23, 2015.
- ↑ Beck's Last Summer (Songs & Soundtrack) ". Laut.de , accessed on August 17, 2017 .
- ↑ Beck's last summer. Film service , accessed August 21, 2015 .
- ^ Road trip with Christian Ulmen. dpa , accessed on August 17, 2015 .