Blue My Mind

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Movie
German title Blue My Mind
Original title Blue My Mind
Country of production Switzerland
original language Swiss German
Publishing year 2018
length 97 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Lisa Bruehlmann
script Lisa Brühlmann , Dominik Locher
production Filippo Bonacci, Stefan Jäger , Katrin Renz
music Thomas Kuratli
camera Gabriel Lobos
cut Noemi Preiswerk
occupation

Blue My Mind is a Swiss coming-of-age film / horror film by director Lisa Brühlmann from 2018. The film tells the story of a 15-year-old woman from Zurich who transforms into a mermaid . The film was shown at festivals around the world before it hit Swiss cinemas.

action

15-year-old Mia Weber moves to Zurich with her parents because her father is starting a new job there. She has to get used to a new class in the middle of the school year. She befriends a group of girls who are considered problem students. The group led by Gianna experiments with sex , drugs , shoplifting and forging signatures .

Mia feels further and further removed from her parents and confides in a doctor as her toes grow together. The doctor is confused when Mia's statements that her toes were normal until a few days ago because syndactilia is hereditary . Mia wakes up in the night and drinks a glass of water with salt in it. The next day she eats two goldfish from her mother's aquarium and then vomits. Mia is clear: the changes she's going through aren't just related to puberty .

Right before her 16th birthday, Mia tries to find out the truth about herself. She realizes that there are no pictures of her mother showing her pregnant. The mother weighs it down and says that the pictures must be in the moving boxes somewhere. Mia's question as to why she is not like her parents remains unanswered. Meanwhile, her lower body is changing. Your legs will have dark spots at first, then become scaly. Mia hides these changes as her life with her friends becomes more and more excessive.

After another wild night of partying, Mia wakes up to find that her legs have turned into a fin. She calls her friend Gianna. The two drive to the sea, where Mia says she is not afraid, calls her mother one last time and then swims away.

production

With a few exceptions, Blue My Mind was shot on the original locations in the city of Zurich. The Glattzentrum shopping center , the Irchelpark as well as a nearby tram stop and a doctor's surgery near the Sihlcity shopping center are prominently featured in the picture. A school trip takes Mia and her class to the Conny-Land amusement park in Switzerland .

Festivals (selection)

Awards and nominations

  • 2017: Zurich Film Festival - winner of the Golden Eye for the best film in the focus of Switzerland, Germany and Austria, as well as winner of the Critics' Choice Award and Film Prize of the Zurich Churches
  • 2018: Swiss Film Prize - winner in the categories of Best Fiction Film , Best Screenplay and Best Actress (Luna Wedler) , nomination in the category Best Cinematography, Best Film Music, Best Montage and Best Representation in a Supporting Role (Zoë Pastelle Holthuizen)
  • 2018: Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival - Winner 7 e Parallèle
  • 2018: German-French Youth Prize Kinema, International Film Festival, Braunschweig

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BLUE MY MIND in festival frenzy and award blessing film. Retrieved on August 29, 2019 (German).
  2. ↑ SWISS FILMS: Blue my Mind. Retrieved August 29, 2019 .
  3. ↑ BLUE MY MIND festivals and theatrical release films. Retrieved on August 29, 2019 (German).
  4. ^ "Blue My Mind" - the new strong head of Swiss film. Retrieved on August 29, 2019 (Swiss Standard German).
  5. ^ San Sebastian Film Festival. Retrieved August 29, 2019 .
  6. ↑ BLUE MY MIND. Retrieved on August 29, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Winner 2018 :: Swiss Film Award. Retrieved August 29, 2019 .
  8. ↑ BIFFF 2018 Awards |. Retrieved August 29, 2019 .