Cosmos (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Cosmos |
| Original title | Cosmos |
| Country of production |
France , Portugal |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| length | 103 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Andrzej Żuławski |
| script | Andrzej Żuławski |
| production | Paulo Branco |
| music | Andrzej Korzyński |
| camera | André Szankowski |
| cut | Julia Gregory |
| occupation | |
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Cosmos is a Franco- Portuguese film drama by Andrzej Żuławski that on the published 1965 novel Cosmos by Witold Gombrowicz based and on August 8, 2015 under the film festival in Locarno was presented.
action
The Parisian fox and his friend Witold spend a few weeks in a guest house in the country. Fuchs needs a break from his everyday life at the Ralph and Lang fashion house , Witold is preparing for a criminal law exam. The slightly extravagant family pension is run by the equally extravagant married couple Woytis, who live there with their daughter Lena and the neat son-in-law Lucien. The housekeeping is done by the maid Catherette, a failed nun with a strangely disfigured upper lip. Witold and Fuchs observe strange things in the pension.
production
Rod
The producer Paulo Branco approached Andrzej Żuławski with his idea for the film project . It is in Cosmos is the first film in which Żuławski 15 years after the loyalty of women re-directed and wrote the screenplay. Shortly after the film was shown in Żuławski's home country Poland , the internationally award-winning director died.
Filming
The film was shot in the Portuguese coastal city of Sintra and in the Senhora da Boa Estrela in the city of Covilhã . The pictures of the building on the cliffs were made in the small town of Ericeira , also on the Portuguese Atlantic .
publication
The film was presented on August 8, 2015 as part of the Film Festival in Locarno and was released in US cinemas on June 17, 2016.
reception
Reviews
The film received positive ratings from 81 percent of Rotten Tomatoes critics (out of 27 total critics).
Dunja Bialas from artechock.de says: The absurdity of the comedy of the novel is easily integrated into the cinematic universe of Żuławski: Almost as if the text had only been waiting for the film to be made, and what luck that it happened. Manon Cavagna from critic.de describes that Żuławski tells the furious story of a story that arises in his film, whereby he dedicates himself to the microdrama, which always draws attention to the small parts of the already small whole. Peter Debruge from Variety says that Żuławski spins a web of erotic and psychological intrigues in the film .
Awards (selection)
Locarno International Film Festival
- 2015: Award for Best Director ( Andrzej Żuławski )
- 2015: Nomination for the Golden Leopard
Web links
- Cosmos in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Interview with cinematographer André Szankowski at afcinema.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Dunja Bialas: The Cosmos, Torn from Chaos In: artechock.de, March 17, 2016.
- ↑ Andrzej Zulawski, Polish Director, Dies at 75 In: Variety, February 17, 2016.
- ↑ Cosmos In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
- ↑ Manon Cavagna: Cosmos In: critic.de, February 15, 2016.
- ↑ Peter Debruge: Locarno Film Review: 'Cosmos' In: Variety, August 13, 2015.