Circle of Friends - In the circle of friends
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Circle of Friends - In the circle of friends |
| Original title | Circle of Friends |
| Country of production | Ireland , USA , UK |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1995 |
| length | 103 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Pat O'Connor |
| script | Andrew Davies |
| production |
Frank Price , Arlene Sellers , Alex Winitsky |
| music | Michael Kamen |
| camera | Kenneth MacMillan |
| cut | John Jympson |
| occupation | |
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Circle of Friends - In the circle of friends (original title: Circle of Friends ) is an Irish - British - American drama with Chris O'Donnell and Minnie Driver from 1995. The literary model was the novel of the same name (1990) by Maeve Binchy .
action
Bernadette Hogan, who everyone can only call Benny, and Eve Malone meet their old friend Nan Mahon again at the University of Dublin in 1957 , with whom they once grew up in a small Irish town. All three were raised in an arch-Catholic way, which is why they are all the more looking forward to their future student life. Through Nan, Benny meets the handsome rugby player Jack Foley, who is studying medicine at his father's request, although he cannot see any blood. Benny and Jack become friends and slowly fall in love. Eve, whose parents died prematurely, also falls in love with a fellow student. Nan, on the other hand, has nothing to do with college boys of the same age and rather feels drawn to the mature and wealthy Simon Westward, with whom she soon starts a secret affair.
When Nan becomes pregnant by Simon, but he does not want to marry her and urges her to have an abortion, she leaves him. Since she perceives an abortion as a mortal sin and, in view of the strict moral standards of those around her, does not want to give birth to an illegitimate child, she decides to seduce Jack and put the baby on him. After Nan succeeded in persuading the drunken Jack to have a fun time together, Jack felt violent guilt towards Benny. Benny's heart finally breaks when she learns from Jack that he will marry pregnant Nan.
Shortly afterwards, Eve celebrates her birthday in an old house where she was once born. Jack and Nan also appear to congratulate her. Eve, who finally sees through that Nan is actually pregnant by Simon and only uses Jack, now angrily threatens her former friend with a knife. Nan injured himself on a broken glass pane, whereupon Jack immediately rushed to help her. Jack, who finally feels that his medical studies make sense after this incident, now learns that Nan is not expecting his child. After Nan leaves Dublin by train, Jack goes to Benny to beg her forgiveness and to confess his love to her. They make up and go back to their studies.
background
Filming took place in Dublin , Kilkenny , Inistioge and Thomastown , among others .
The film premiered on March 15, 1995 in the United States , where it grossed over $ 23 million. In Germany , Circle of Friends was released in cinemas on February 15, 1996. In 2001 the film was released on DVD.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films described Circle of Friends - In the Circle of Friends as a “loving, poetic portrait of Irish (small-town) life”, which is at the same time “a song of praise for the inner values of people and their ability to self-determination”. The cast was put together "precisely" right down to the supporting roles and, above all, Minnie Driver played her role "convincingly". The film can also come up with “beautiful pictures and an atmospheric soundtrack” and is overall “a sympathetic example of regional European filmmaking”.
According to Cinema , the film conveys a "[e] sensitive image of anIreland markedby mustiness and bigotry ". Leading actress Minnie Driver was stealing "everyone's show". The conclusion was: "Bittersweet - and played very engagingly". For Prisma the film was “a nostalgic, but stylish melodrama in terms of lust and love”. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times spoke of "a heartwarming and moving love story full of intelligence and emotion".
Awards
In 1996, Minnie Driver received the Chicago Film Critics Association's "Most Promising Actress" award for her performance in only her second film role . The jury of the German Film and Media Assessment awarded the film the title “valuable”.
German version
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Foley | Chris O'Donnell | Oliver Mink |
| Bernadette "Benny" Hogan | Minnie Driver | Kellina Klein |
| Nan Mahon | Saffron Burrows | Anke Korte |
| Sean Walsh | Alan Cumming | Kai Taschner |
| Simon Westward | Colin Firth | Frank Röth |
| Aidan Lynch | Aidan Gillen | Niko Macoulis |
| Brian Mahon | John Kavanagh | Norbert Gastell |
| Professor Flynn | Ciarán Hinds | Ulrich Frank |
Web links
- Circle of Friends - In the circle of friends in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Circle of Friends - In the circle of friends at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Pictures of the film on cinema.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. boxofficemojo.com
- ↑ Circle of Friends - In the circle of friends. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ cf. cinema.de
- ↑ cf. prisma.de
- ↑ " Circle of Friends is heartwarming and poignant, a love story that glows with intelligence and feeling." Roger Ebert : Circle of Friends . In: Chicago Sun-Times , March 24, 1995.
- ↑ cf. fbw-filmb Bewertung.com
- ↑ Circle of Friends - In the circle of friends. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .