The alien in me
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The foreign in me |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2008 |
| length | 99 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK / JMK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Emily Atef |
| script | Emily Atef Esther Bernstorff |
| production |
Nicole Gerhards Hanneke van der Tas |
| music | Manfred Eicher |
| camera | Henner's visit |
| cut | Beatrice Babin |
| occupation | |
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The German feature film Das Fremde in mir is a drama about postpartum depression directed by Emily Atef in 2008.
action
Rebecca and Julian are looking forward to the birth of their child with joy. But no sooner is the baby born than an incomprehensible fear and helplessness grasps Rebecca. The little being that depends on her is alien to her. Her relationship with her husband is just as hypothermic as with her baby. Assuming that she will find distraction there, she reopens her former flower shop. But this occupation does not satisfy her either. It puts the baby and itself in multiple danger, whether when bathing or strolling through town. Rebecca's condition is worsening day by day. She seems more and more apathetic. At some point she has so mentally gone that she lies down in the forest to die. A group of young people find them.
She is nursed up in a clinic and is finally diagnosed with “postpartum depression”. In the course of the further inpatient stay, she begins talk therapy. Her husband Julian has since given up his job to look after his son. Gradually, in the presence of a specialized psychotherapist, Rebecca makes contact with her son Lucas again. But Julian can only very slowly reduce his distrust, which is why Rebecca only has limited visiting rights. But after several clarifying discussions, they find each other again.
Background information
The film was shot in Berlin and Bremen with an estimated budget of 500,000 euros. ZDF was involved in the production.
criticism
“It is a shame that Atef's film, which was made in collaboration between Arte and the ZDF editorial team for 'Das kleine Fernsehspiel', premiered in Cannes in 2008 and is now only shown on television at midnight. It deserves an earlier broadcast date, because (...) he approaches the topic appropriately quietly and with a feeling that avoids kitsch. Wolff plays the mother who despairs of her lovelessness, with the expressionless face you need for it, and so well that you almost hate the television baby yourself when it screams in the face of the depressed mother. And see it with her eyes when she learns to smile again. "
“It is a very unfamiliar human, enlightening attitude that speaks from it. Emily Atef depicts Rebecca's way out of the crisis in an encouragingly realistic manner, with the help of professionals whom the film carefully sketches: There is a nurse who takes her time; a psychologist who says the right thing; or a midwife who helps the mother hold her baby, swaddle it, massage it. Finally, Maren Kroymann countered the justified feeling of foreignness between parents and children with a brief but impressive appearance as Rebecca's mother Lore with a successful family relationship. Your love and help in all situations are the reason why parenting is worthwhile. "
“What is special, however, is above all that the director does not reduce her film to the problems and fears of the affected mothers, but also shows how difficult it is for the new father to deal with the unfamiliar situation without referring to the common cliché of Having to resort to macho men who are only interested in the job and not in the family. A successful, sensitive film, for which Emily Atef rightly won three awards at this year's film festival in Oldenburg. "
“For Emily Atef, it's never about the grand gesture and the grand tragedy, but rather about precisely balanced nuances; what is happening to the affected mothers and what effects this can have. Above all, however, and this cannot be overestimated, she succeeds in showing without any misunderstanding that the disease has good prospects of being cured, provided that the women free themselves from their prison of guilt, shame and silence and close themselves are able to open. Every crisis also harbors the chance of a new beginning. That is the message of this film, which leaves a deep impression. And not only because it is the first film to take on this topic, but above all because of the way in which it does it - distant and yet full of sympathy, quietly and with an uncanny precision. "
Awards
- Juliane Bartel media award for best feature film 2011
- Prix du public (CinémaScience Intern. Film Festival, Bordeaux, France, 2009)
- Prix du Jury Jeune (Festival du cinéma Allemand, Nantes, France, 2009)
- Best Director (Studio Hamburg Young Talent Award, 2009)
- Best Film (Moment Film Festival, Strasbourg 2009)
- Best Film (Alba International Film Festival 2009)
- SIGNIS Award for Best Film (Mar del Plata International Film Festival 2008)
- Best Film (Sao Paulo International Film Festival 2008)
- Best Actress (Sao Paulo International Film Festival 2008)
- German Independence Award Best Film (Film Festival Oldenburg 2008)
- Audience Award (Film Festival Oldenburg 2008)
- Otto Sprenger Prize, Best Film (Film Festival Oldenburg 2008)
- Canvas Award for Best Film (European Film Festival Brussels 2008)
- Best Actress (Munich International Film Festival 2008)
Web links
- The Stranger in Me in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
- Pictures of the film on cinema.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1194235/business
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1194235/locations
- ↑ The strange in me. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ A baby does not yet make mother happiness in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
- ↑ Desperate Raven Mother in the Süddeutsche Zeitung
- ↑ A fruitless effort cut
- ↑ Baby blues? on www.kino-zeit.de