Unconditional (2007)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Unconditionally |
| Original title | Kærlighed on film |
| Country of production | Denmark |
| original language | Danish |
| Publishing year | 2007 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ole Bornedal |
| script | Ole Bornedal |
| production | Michael Obel |
| music | Joachim Holbek |
| camera | Dan Laustsen |
| cut | Not so Villadsen |
| occupation | |
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Unconditionally (original title: Kærlighed på film ) is a Danish crime thriller from the director and screenwriter Ole Bornedal from 2007 .
action
The rust arbor of the car in which Jonas, the police photographer, is transporting his wife Mette and the two cheerful children, stops again and causes a serious accident; however, the occupants remain undamaged. Julia Castlund, a young woman, is seriously injured; she loses her memory and 90% of her eyesight. Jonas feels responsible, visits Julia in the clinic - and is welcomed by the wealthy family as Julia's friend Sebastian. The family only knows about this Sebastian from phone calls with Julia during their stay in Southeast Asia. Jonas is reluctant to impose the identity of Sebastian and out of compassion for the family, who sees Julia's possible savior in him. He tries to shed it, but then falls in love with the defenseless Julia when his wacky colleague Frank informs him that Sebastian, who worked as a drug and diamond courier, was shot in Hanoi . Mette notices that Jonas is slipping away from her, first defends herself, but then resigns. Frank tells Jonas that he would "take over" Mette.
When Julia's return to the feudal parental home, Jonas is celebrated as her savior, but at the same time humiliated as a completely "normal" man - Julia's preference was previously only for mountaineers and drug dealers. In the meantime, it has been shown that Julia is pregnant and could only have become pregnant during her coma. Only a patient bandaged from head to toe comes into consideration, but he disappears without a trace when Jonas pursues him. Julia and Jonas want to relax in a house by the sea. But now Sebastian, who was believed dead, appears there. He got rid of his bandages and seems to take care of all problems by posing as Jonas. Julia's memory returns - and she remembers the sadism with which Sebastian treated her in Hanoi; therefore she is now looking for refuge with the apparent Jonas, while the real Jonas has to discover to his horror that the real Sebastian not only came in his old rust bower, but that Frank's body is also lying in the trunk. Just in time, Julia sees through the web of lies and brutally kills the real Sebastian with a stone after he shot Jonas on the beach. Jonas returns to Mette and the children, but is no longer welcome there. Mette gives him a suitcase from Julia's car. Jonas is brutally shot in the rain by an Asian man, diamonds unroll from the suitcase. Mette complains about her husband's corpse - and with this scene the film began.
particularities
As in Open Hearts by Susanne Bier , the sense of ownership of a serious car accident to the starting point of the plot is also here. The dark humor of the Danish film has a climax in the scene in which Jonas is talking to his police colleague Frank in a morgue where several quite rosy corpses lie uncovered on their tables, while pruning shears are being handled in an adjoining room. The first scene shows the freshly shot protagonist Jonas lying there in the rain - and starting to tell his story with an off-voice - like the lifeless hero floating in the pool in Boulevard of Twilight by Billy Wilder , an exemplary film noir ; Unconditional not only alludes explicitly to this genre twice, but can also be attributed to it.
Awards
2008 nomination for Robert , the best Danish film.
Reviews
- “Like the spaghetti western that went one better than the US western, the deceived Bergman sadness of this successful Danish film gives the Hollywood-inspired kiss-kiss-bang-bang dynamic an irritating charm. From the filmmakers mentioned above, Bornedal also adopts the preference for women who hit - which not only gives scenes of violence a “wow” effect. In this wild colportage, Jonas appears like a good knight who naively misjudges the woman to be protected: the tragedy of a romantic, a trace ridiculous. A dark thriller that puts you in a pretty good mood. ”Birgit Roschy epd-film April 2, 2009
- “In his earlier films, Ole Bornedal elevated dismemberment to an aesthetic principle in crude stories of fear and violence. It used to be radical, bold and cheeky. With new, perfect lighting, more refined pans and meticulous color dramaturgy, which covers everything with a morbid and suggestive patina, it looks a bit tasteless and overly calculated. "Birgit Glombitza SPIEGEL Online April 8, 2009
- “But the film doesn't want you to sit back and relax. He wants to nail you to the cinema seat for 99 minutes of film by all means. Bornedal pulls out all the stops for visual and narrative exuberance: back projections, dream sequences, time leaps, video aesthetics. Jonas, who dreams of distant lands but cannot find his way out of his small peninsular Denmark, flies through the pile of Adventure World travel magazines that he has hoarded next to his bed. ”Dietmar Kammerer taz.de April 9, 2009
Web links
- Unconditionally in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Unconditionally in the German dubbing index
Individual evidence
- ↑ Unconditionally in the Lexicon of International Film . Retrieved July 20, 2011