The Miss (2006)

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Movie
Original title Miss
Country of production Switzerland , Germany
original language German , Swiss German , Bosnian , Serbian , Croatian
Publishing year 2006
length 81 minutes
Age rating JMK 6
Rod
Director Andrea Štaka
script Andrea Štaka
production Susan Rüdlinger ,
Samir ,
Mirjam Quinte
music Peter von Siebenthal ,
Till Wyler ,
Daniel Jakob
camera Igor Martinović
cut Gion-Reto Killias ,
Sabine Kräyenbühl
occupation

Das Fräulein is a fiction film by the Swiss director Andrea Štaka that was released in 2006 . The film about three women from former Yugoslavia who live in Switzerland won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival that same year .

The film is a production by the Zurich company Dschoint Ventschr under Susan Rüdlinger and Samir , in collaboration with Quinte Film from Germany, Swiss television and ZDF . Mirjana Karanović , Marija Škaričić and Ljubica Jović play the leading roles .

action

Fifty-year-old Ruža from Serbia runs a thriving company canteen in Zurich, and sixty-year-old Mila from Croatia is her employee.

One day the young Bosnian Ana arrives in Zurich. At a loss, she wanders through the city and doesn't yet know where to spend the night. Although she has hardly any money in her pocket herself, she freely gives begging young people and shares her last cigarettes with them. So she joins a young couple and talks about her war experiences in Bosnia. She spends the night with them and looks for a place to have breakfast the next morning. So she gets into Ruža's canteen and notices that Mila has just injured herself. Helpful, she tends the wound on the hand and willingly step in for it. Ruža likes the ability of Ana and offers her a job in the canteen. Confused, the young woman initially refuses, but changes her mind. The next day she seems natural and rushes to work. However, Ruža doesn't like the fact that she talks so much to the canteen guests, Ana just wants to be polite.

The life-hungry woman messes up the lives of the two elders. Although Ruža always seems cold and cold, Ana organizes a small birthday party for her. She gets a CD player and dances exuberantly, so that in the end Mila and Ruža also manage to forget their everyday worries for an evening and have fun. Ana spends the night with one of the young guests and Ruža also wakes up the next morning in bed with a man. She is confused about this and does not want to admit any private happiness.

Ana hasn't told anyone that she is likely terminally ill. She has leukemia and since she has no close relatives, she has no hope of a bone marrow donation. In the pharmacy she is not given any medication without a prescription, but she is afraid to go to the doctor because she knows that he would only send her to the hospital. But she would rather enjoy her short life. She doesn't want to stay in the canteen any longer and move on, but Ruža doesn't want to let her go. When Ana gets her wages from her at the end of the month, she wants to take it to the mountains. Without further ado, Ruža accompanies them and alone they talk a lot about personal matters. Ruža has been in Switzerland for almost 25 years and left her homeland when it was still called Yugoslavia . Her friend wanted to come, but he didn't, so she was left alone. The two of them throw snow at each other and Ruža can even laugh. At the end of the day, she asks Ana where she lives and notices that she is actually homeless. So that she doesn't have to spend the night somewhere, she gives her her canteen key, which Ana actually uses for the night. When Mila notices this the next morning, she is initially upset. She was always afraid of Ruža, but actually their relationship has improved a lot since Ana has been with them. She was also always in two minds whether to stay in Switzerland or go back to Croatia. In the end, she and her husband saved up a house in their old home. As it stands now, she will not go back, especially since her children now also live in Switzerland.

In the evening Ruža accompanies Ana again and both end up in a casino. Ruža doesn't actually want to play, but Ana simply bets her chips on roulette and Ruža even wins, while Ana has already gambled away all her money herself. In the end, the two women quarrel and Ruža cannot understand why Ana is so carefree and does not value her hard-earned money as much as she, who has only worked for it all these years and also endured the loneliness for it. Ana explains to her that she is also afraid, but not of losing her money, but her life. Ruža is dismayed when she learns from Ana that she has leukemia. Without further ado she takes her to a clinic and pays for the treatment because Ana is not insured. But Ana doesn't stay and hitchhikes to the next town that night.

reception

The young lady has been shown at various film festivals around the world and has seen 66,054 cinema visits across Switzerland. The film was awarded the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival in 2006 and also won the main prize at the Sarajevo Film Festival . In 2007 he received the Swiss Film Award for the best screenplay.

Natalie Böhler wrote in Cinema : “The Fräulein traces the effects of emigration and the Balkan War on the lifestyle of women. Existence in a foreign country feels like one in the balance: Coming home or staying? (...) The outstanding actresses are viewed by a sensitive camera that always finds the right distance from them and works together harmoniously with a cut that gives every shot exactly the right length. "

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Age rating for Das Fräulein . Youth Media Commission .
  2. ↑ Thomas Stephens: Das Fräulein picks up the Golden Leopard . swissinfo.ch, August 12, 2006. Accessed January 29, 2011.
  3. ↑ a b Natalie Böhler: Das Fräulein . cinemabuch.ch. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
  4. ^ Goldener Leopard von Locarno for the ZDF co-production “Das Fräulein” . ZDF press kit at presseportal.de, August 15, 2006. Accessed January 29, 2011.
  5. ↑ Current data on public performances. dasfraulein.ch. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
  6. ^ The 500 most successful Swiss films in Switzerland: cumulative number of cinema-goers from 1975–2008 . ( MS Excel ) Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
  7. ↑ Reto Aschwanden: “Das Fräulein” conquers the hearts of Sarajevo. swissinfo.ch, August 28, 2006. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
  8. ↑ Swiss Film Prize for ZDF co-production “Das Fräulein” . ZDF press kit at presseportal.de, January 26, 2007. Accessed on January 29, 2011.