Cartagena (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Cartagena |
| Original title | L'Homme de chevet |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Alain Monne |
| script | Alain Monne Nathalie Vailloud |
| production |
Pierre Forette Christine Gozlan Thierry Wong |
| music | Florencia Di Concilio |
| camera | Antoine Roch |
| cut | Catherine Schwartz |
| occupation | |
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Cartagena , also known as Cartagena - Between Love and Death (Original title: L'Homme de chevet ), is a 2009 drama film by director Alain Monne based on a novel by French writer Éric Holder .
action
Léo, a former professional boxer who is addicted to alcohol and leads an unsteady existence, finds a job as a caretaker for the paraplegic and beautiful Muriel. The previous nurses did not feel up to the task. After initial difficulties, Léo shows himself to be caring and enables her to go on excursions into the surrounding area. The literature enthusiast Muriel can persuade her companion, who obviously has an aversion to reading, to read to her. Despite their dissimilar nature, they get closer.
In his free time, Léo, who was a former European champion, is drawn to a boxing gym in the Colombian city of Cartagena . He takes over the training of the petty criminal and prostituting Lina in order to prepare her for a competition. On this fight and the victory of Lina, he makes a bet with the manager of the boxing hall, who is supposed to train the opponent. Half of the profit is supposed to free Léo from his debts, the other half he promises Lina. Léo gets into a fight provoked by Lina and because of his injuries does not show up for work for a few days. Muriel is enraged by his repeated unreliability and dismisses him. Tired of life, she asks her friend Lucia to help her with drug suicide. She refuses because she loves Muriel. Léo realizes that Muriel means a lot to him. One night he sneaks into her house and lies down on the bed with her. Muriel hires him again. After Lina has won her fight, Léo borrows a convertible from the owner of the boxing hall to take Muriel to the sea because she told him that she loved being in the sea. The film ends when Léo carried Muriel into the sea in his arms.
background
The budget for the film was 3.1 million euros. The shooting took place on location in Cartagena. Sophie Marceau and Christopher Lambert had previously played together in Marceau's directorial work Zimmer 401 - A Return from the Past ( La Disparue de Deauville , 2007). They have been a couple since then, and the wedding followed in 2012.
Cartagena premiered in France on November 18, 2009. In Germany, the film was first released on DVD on May 12, 2011. On October 26, 2011 it was shown for the first time on TV by ARD .
Reviews
"A tragic comedy that only marginally addresses the pitfalls of history and primarily offers non-binding entertainment in an exotic, seductive setting."
“Despite the length, very close to life and life-affirming. Conclusion: played atmospheric and moving. "
"As an ex-boxer battered by fate, even Lambert, who has long disappeared into oblivion, is in top form, Marceau shines with a game that is entirely geared towards her facial expressions."
Web links
- Cartagena in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Pictures of the film on cinema.de
- Cartagena in the German dubbing index
Individual evidence
- ↑ L'Homme de chevet - Info / Dates on JP's Box Office (French)
- ↑ a b cf. prisma.de
- ↑ Cartagena. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ cf. cinema.de