Blueprint (film)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Blueprint |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2003 |
| length | 108 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 12 JMK 10 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Rolf Schübel |
| script | Claus Cornelius Fischer |
| production | Relevant film |
| music | Detlef Petersen |
| camera | Holly Fink |
| cut | Ursula Höf |
| occupation | |
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Blueprint is a drama released in cinemas in 2003 by the German director Rolf Schübel with Franka Potente in the leading role of Iris and Siri Sellin. The film deals with the ethical question of cloning and is a film adaptation of the book Blueprint by the author Charlotte Kerner, which was awarded the German Youth Literature Prize .
action
When the famous pianist Iris Sellin learns that she has the incurable nervous system disease multiple sclerosis , she turns to reproductive medicine specialist Martin Fischer with a plan: He should clone her so that her musical skills are not lost through her death. Fischer gets involved and so Iris' daughter Siri, who is also her clone, is born.
But when Siri discovered at the age of 13 that she was just a clone of her mother, the relationship between her and Iris, which had been so happy up to that point, was broken. In the following years both try to hinder each other in all aspects of life and make life so unbearable for each other.
To escape this misery, Siri moves to Canada to live a lonely life beyond civilization. But when she meets the charming architect Greg, he is able to bring love back into her life and even smooth the balance between Siri and her mother.
Differences from the book
A whole new character named Greg Lucas is included in the film. He supports Siri in the present during her stay in Canada. In the book, Siri only tied a yellow bow on Mother's Day concert, which is rather inconspicuous. In the film, she attaches a Star of David that is visible to all , with clone written on it.
In the film, Siri, after completely isolating herself from her mother, moves to Canada and becomes a wildlife photographer. There she photographs elk. In the book she becomes an artist and lives in Hamburg with her best friend Janeck. The distancing from Iris is thus shown much more strongly in the film - both in the choice of profession and in the choice of location.
In addition, the scientist Martin Fischer (in the book Mortimer Fisher) relies more on visiting rights and only makes cloning public when Siri is 13 years old, while Siri knows from an early age in the book that she is her mother's clone.
criticism
“Oscillating between the story of the egocentric mother and the rebellious daughter, the film, which has been excellently cast and played from the double leading role to the supporting roles, does not go beyond the psychologically differentiated representation of the mother-daughter conflict. It only partially does justice to the ethical problems of gene technology, which acts as a foil for the plight of the individual. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Blueprint . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , December 2003 (PDF; test number: 96 189 K).
- ↑ Age rating for Blueprint . Youth Media Commission .
Web links
- Blueprint in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Blueprint at Filmportal.de
- Interview with Franka Potente
- Press photo of the city of Münster