Carol (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Carol |
| Original title | Carol |
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| Country of production |
United Kingdom , United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| length | 118 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 6 JMK 8 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Todd Haynes |
| script | Phyllis Nagy |
| production |
Elizabeth Karlsen , Christine Vachon , Stephen Woolley |
| music | Carter Burwell |
| camera | Edward Lachman |
| cut | Affonso Gonçalves |
| occupation | |
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Carol is a 2015 published feature film from director Todd Haynes on the novel The Price of Salt , the Patricia Highsmith under the pseudonym wrote Claire Morgan. The film opened in German cinemas on December 17, 2015.
action
New York, December 1952: The young saleswoman Therese Belivet and the elderly married Carol Aird meet in a department store and fall in love. Instead of a doll, Carol buys the model train recommended by Therese for her four-year-old daughter Rindy and leaves her gloves on the counter. Therese sends it to her in the mail, whereupon Carol invites her to lunch. During the meal, Carol asks Therese whether she would like to visit her on Sunday, December 21st. Therese agrees. Therese witnesses an argument between Carol and her husband Harge, from whom she is currently divorcing: It was agreed that Rindy would stay with Carol until Christmas Eve, but Harge will pick her up earlier. He would like Carol to come with them to celebrate Christmas with his parents. Carol refuses and lets Therese feel her displeasure, who goes back on the train crying. When Therese arrives at home, Carol calls her and asks her forgiveness. She also asks if Therese would allow her to visit her the next evening. Therese is considering putting together a portfolio in order to apply as a photographer. However, her friend Richard Semco is not interested in her career plans. Instead, he wants Therese to be his wife and to take him to Europe in the summer. Therese doesn't feel ready for this. Carol, on the other hand, encourages Therese to want to become a photographer. When she visits Therese, she gives her a new camera and looks at Therese's photographs with interest. Carol is upset when she learns from her lawyer that Harge has applied for sole custody of Rindy. Because of her homosexuality, she is not suitable to raise the small child. The so-called moral clause is based on an affair that Carol once had with her best friend Abby Gerhard. In this and similar connections, Harge and his lawyer see evidence of a recurring pattern of behavior.
Therese is depressed when she learns of the order because she cannot help Carol. Carol assures her that it has nothing to do with Therese and tells her about a trip that has already been planned to the western United States. She asks Therese if she would like to come, and Therese immediately agrees. She gets into an argument with Richard about this: he accuses her of being in love with Carol and predicts that she will have enough of Therese in two weeks. Richard's claim that she acts as if in a trance is countered by Therese by saying that she has never been so awake in her entire life. Richard then leaves her in an angry mood, and Therese packs her suitcase for the trip with Carol.
During their drive west, the two meet the haberdashery dealer Tommy Tucker. At the turn of the year in Waterloo, Iowa, Carol and Therese kiss for the first time and experience their first passionate night of love together. The next morning, Carol receives a telegram from Abby: Harge has hired a detective to track the women. Carol asks the detective, who is Tommy Tucker, to release the tape that acoustically documents their night together with Therese. However, the tape is already in the mail to Harge. Carol threatens Tucker with a revolver, but it turns out to be unloaded. She decides to fly back to New York. While driving to another hotel, Therese blames herself crying. She should have said no to Carol. Instead, she would always say yes and take everything. Carol stops, wipes off Therese's tears and comforts her with the words that she only took what Therese had voluntarily given. She assures us that it wasn't Therese's fault before the two of them leave. When Therese, arriving at the hotel, wants to lie down in her bed, Carol says that she doesn't have to sleep alone. Therese then goes to Carol, who takes her in her arms. They kiss tenderly and deeply. Both sleep snuggled together.
The next morning Carol left and Abby is sitting in the room to bring Therese home. Abby hands Therese a farewell letter from Carol. In it, Carol Therese explains that there should be no more contact between them and that she will do everything to make Therese happy.
Carol and Therese don't see each other for several months. Therese Carol calls once. She picks up the phone , but doesn't answer, for fear of the consequences for the custody process. Danny, a good friend and journalist, encourages Therese to put together a portfolio, and Therese gets a job as a photographer with the New York Times . Carol participates in lunch with Harge and his parents to see Rindy. During this meeting, Carol has to endure questions about whether she is getting on well with her doctor, meaning a psychotherapist.
At the preliminary hearing for Rindy's custody, Carol urges Harge and the attorneys to decide in favor of Rindy. She makes it clear that she will not deny the content of the tapes. She wanted what she had experienced with Therese and did not want to deny it. Carol suggests that Harge be given custody of Rindy. But she insists on regular visits to her daughter, with or without supervisors.
After the trial, Carol Therese writes a letter asking to meet at the Ritz . Therese actually comes, and Carol says that she found out about Therese's professional success through Abby and how happy she is for Therese. Carol mentions that she will work as a buyer for a furniture store and move into an apartment on Madison Avenue that is big enough for two. She hopes Therese will decide to live with her, but Therese declines her offer. Carol continues a little hesitantly and talks about an upcoming meeting with a few acquaintances in the Oak Room, an exclusive bar in the Plaza Hotel . Therese would be happy to eat with them. With tears in her eyes, Carol whispers: “I love you.” Therese looks deeply touched at Carol, unable to say anything. But then their rendezvous is disturbed by Jack, a friend of Therese's. To say goodbye, Carol Therese gently puts her hand on her shoulder.
Therese, Jack and a few other young people take a taxi to Phil, Dannie's brother's party. There she meets Dannie and Richard with their friends and gets to know Genevieve. The former takes a liking to Therese, but she reacts cautiously. Therese decides to meet Carol and leaves the party. She discovers Carol in the Oak Room among the other guests. Therese hesitates briefly and stops. She takes a few steps towards Carol. Carol sees them too and they look into each other's eyes. Therese looks at Carol with a soft, tender look. Carol's eyes light up and a gentle smile slowly plays around her mouth as Therese approaches.
production
development
The film Carol is based on Patricia Highsmith's partially autobiographical novel Salt and His Prize , published in 1952 under the pseudonym Claire Morgan and reissued in 1990 under her own name with the title Carol . The screenwriter Phyllis Nagy , a friend of Highsmith, wrote a first draft of the script back in 1996. Highsmith had suggested to Nagy to adapt one of her novels, even if she was skeptical whether this novel could become a “satisfactory” film because of its “intense, subjective narrative perspective”. In 2004, British producer Elizabeth Karlsen came across Nagy's script. The film project was subsequently developed for over eleven years by the film companies Film4 Productions and Number 9 Films .
Pre-production
In May 2012 it was announced that the film would be directed by John Crowley , starring Cate Blanchett and Mia Wasikowska . In May 2013, Todd Haynes took over the directorial position, because Crowley had to cancel due to scheduling issues. Haynes first heard about the movie in 2012 when costume designer Sandy Powell told him about it. For Haynes, the plot, its historical and social context, and the renewed collaboration with Cate Blanchett were motivating factors for his collaboration on the project. The Weinstein Company also took over the distribution rights in America in May 2013. In August 2013 it was announced that Rooney Mara had been hired in place of Mia Wasikowska, who also had to cancel due to scheduling difficulties. Mara was already scheduled for the role of Therese in 2012, but canceled the role at this point because she was unable to do so after filming for Verblendung . In January 2014, Kyle Chandler joined the cast as Harge and Sarah Paulson as Abby, and Carter Burwell was hired to write the score.
Filming
Filming began on March 12, 2014 in Cincinnati, Ohio and lasted 34 days. Various locations in and around Cincinnati were used as filming locations to re-enact New York in the 1950s. The film was shot in downtown Cincinnati, in the districts of Hyde Park and Over-the-Rhine, in cities in Hamilton County (Wyoming, Hamilton, Cheviot) and in Alexandria (Kentucky). Edward Lachman's camera team used Super 16 mm as film material . The last day of shooting was April 25, 2014. The production cost was $ 11.8 million.
Soundtrack
Carter Burwell was responsible for the film music. The soundtrack was released on November 20, 2015. Burwell composed a large part of the film music himself. In addition to the compositions of Burwell, there are also songs by The Clovers , Billie Holiday , Georgia Gibbs , Les Paul and Mary Ford and Jo Stafford on the soundtrack.
Reviews
"One of the best films of the year, gripping and with compelling beauty."
“While the self-confident alpha woman seems increasingly fragile under the pressure of losing her daughter, her young partner is slowly but surely growing from a shy duckling to a proud swan. [...] Todd Haynes does not turn this forbidden love into a clumsy embassy cinema, the socio-political component runs alongside it unobtrusively. It tells a wonderfully staged, emotionally gripping love story that turns into an enchanting love story with classic qualities. "
“The huge and overly careful focus on the look of its story has resulted in Haynes making a very hermetic film. Carol and Therese are two unreachable characters. Your surge of emotions cannot be felt. You seem strange and unapproachable. In the empathy machine cinema, characters created in this way seem rather counterproductive. You want to follow these two women, want to understand their inner turmoil, want to feel their passion at least for a small moment. But they look more like mannequins, stiff and artificial. "
In 2016, Carol ranked 69th in a BBC poll of the 100 most important films of the 21st century .
Awards
Rooney Mara was named Best Actress for her work on Carol at the Cannes Film Festival , where the film premiered in May 2015. The film by Todd Haynes was also nominated for the Palme d'Or in Cannes and won the Queer Palm Prize . At the Frankfurt Book Fair 2015, Carol was chosen as the best international book adaptation. The Boston Society of Film Critics recognized Edward Lachman for the best cinematography. In the run-up to the Independent Spirit Awards 2016, Carol was nominated in six categories, including Best Picture , Best Director and Best Cinematography . At the Critics' Choice Movie Awards in January 2016, Haynes was nominated for Best Director , Lachman for Best Cinematography , Becker and Loeffler for Best Production Design , Powell for Best Costumes and Burwell for Best Music . In addition, Blanchett was nominated for Best Actress and Mara for Best Supporting Actress. For the 2016 Golden Globes , Mara and Blanchett were nominated for Best Actresses . In addition, the film was in the Golden Globes as Best Drama , for Best Director and the Best Soundtrack nominated. On January 14, 2016, Blanchett was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress and Mara for Best Supporting Actress . The film was also nominated in the categories of Best Adapted Screenplay , Best Cinematography (Edward Lachmann), Best Film Music (Carter Burwell) and Best Costume Design (Sandy Powell).
synchronization
The German-language dubbing took place at Christa Kistner Synchronproduktion GmbH in Potsdam . Antonia Ganz wrote the dialogue book and directed the dialogue.
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Carol Aird | Cate Blanchett | Elisabeth Günther |
| Therese Belivet | Rooney Mara | Kaya Marie Möller |
| Harge Aird | Kyle Chandler | Thomas Nero Wolff |
| Richard Semco | Jake Lacy | Tim Knauer |
| Abby Gerhard | Sarah Paulson | Natascha Geisler |
| Dannie McElroy | John Magaro | Fabian Oscar Vienna |
| Tommy Tucker | Cory Michael Smith | Alexander Doering |
| Fred Haymes | Kevin Crowley | Till Hagen |
| Phil McElroy | Nik Pajic | Valentin Stilu |
| Cal (Ritz Bartender) | Ken Strunk | Peter Reinhardt |
| Florence | Ann Reskin | Denise Gorzelanny |
| Jack Taft | Trent Rowland | Daniel Gardener |
Web links
- Carol in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Carol In: Cinema
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Carol . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2015 (PDF; test number: 156 207 K).
- ^ Age rating for Carol . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Carol In: Patricia Highsmith The Price of Salt, or Carol. , WW Norton & Company, New York, 2004
- ↑ TALENT TALK: CAROL . May 17, 2015. Archived from the original on October 11, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
- ^ Phyllis Nagy. Interview by David Poland. DP / 30 in Cannes: Carol, Phyllis Nagy . DP / 30: The Oral History Of Hollywood. May 22, 2015.
- ^ Phyllis Nagy: On Screen Writing and Carol . November 13, 2015. Accessed December 14, 2015.
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/14/carol-film-cannes-karlsen-cate-blanchett
- ↑ Louise Jury: Patricia Highsmith's lesbian tale brought to the screen after 11-year battle . In: London Evening Standard . May 16, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
- ↑ Cate Blanchett & Mia Wasikowska To Star In John Crowley's Patricia Highsmith Adaptation 'Carol' . In: Indiewire , May 18, 2012. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015 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. . Retrieved April 17, 2015.
- ^ Todd Haynes to direct Carol . In: Screen International , May 23, 2013. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
- ↑ Rebecca Ford: Cannes: Todd Haynes on Why 'Carol' Is About "Love Itself as Something Criminal" (Q&A) . In: The Hollywood Reporter . May 16, 2015. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
- ↑ http://deadline.com/2013/05/cannes-toldja-the-weinstein-company-acquires-us-rights-to-todd-haynes-helmed-carol-508927/
- ↑ Rooney Mara to romance Cate Blanchett in new lesbian drama . In: Screen International . August 29, 2013. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
- ↑ http://deadline.com/2015/05/carol-cate-blanchett-rooney-mara-cannes-big-screen-journey-1201430574/
- ↑ http://deadline.com/2014/01/kyle-chandler-carol-todd-haynes-cate-blanchett-rooney-mara-674794/
- ↑ http://variety.com/2014/film/news/sarah-paulson-carol-cate-blanchett-todd-haynes-1201067066/
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated January 31, 2014 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.
- ↑ http://www.cincinnati.com/story/tvandmediablog/2014/04/28/carol-cate-blanchett-rooney-mara-cincinnati/8406309/
- ↑ http://www.journal-news.com/news/news/academy-award-winner-cate-blanchett-filming-in-leb/nfPMr/
- ↑ http://www.journal-news.com/news/news/hamilton-goes-into-time-warp-for-movie-shoot/nfZRc/
- ↑ http://www.fox19.com/story/24959472/hollywood-arrives-at-eden-park-carol-filming-in-the-area
- ^ François Reumont: Ed Lachman, ASC, parle de son travail sur "Carol", de Todd Haynes ( French ) French Society of Cinematographers . May 16, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.cincinnati.com/story/tvandmediablog/2014/04/28/carol-cate-blanchett-rooney-mara-cincinnati/8406309/
- ↑ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/killer-films-founders-christine-vachon-826004
- ↑ http://filmmusicreporter.com/2015/10/21/todd-haynes-carol-soundtrack-details/
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from November 27, 2015 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.
- ↑ Dieter Oßwald on "Carol" at programmkino.de, added December 24, 2015
- ↑ Patrick Wellinski on "Carol" at deutschlandradiokultur.de, added Dec. 27, 2015
- ↑ http://www.filmstarts.de/nachrichten/18493533.html
- ↑ http://www.english.rfi.fr/visiting-france/20150524-us-film-carol-wins-queer-palm-cannes
- ↑ http://www.boersenblatt.net/artikel-preis_fuer_beste_internationale_literaturverfilmung.1036262.html
- ↑ http://deadline.com/2015/12/boston-film-critics-spotlight-best-picture-leonardo-dicaprio-paul-dano-charlotte-rampling-1201655892/
- ↑ .31st Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominations announced.( Memento of the original from January 19, 2016 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. In: filmindependent.org , November 24, 2015.
- ^ Critics' Choice Movie Awards. Nominations for the 21st Annual Critic 'Choice Awards. In: criticschoice.com. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
- ↑ Michael Cieply and Brooks Barnes: Five Golden Globe Nominations for Carol and a Nod to DiCaprio. In: The New York Times, December 10, 2015.
- ↑ Ethan Sacks: Oscars 2016 nominations: See the full list of Academy Award nominees. In: nydailynews.com. January 14, 2016.
- ↑ German synchronous index: German synchronous index | Movies | Carol. Retrieved March 4, 2018 .
