The child in the box

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Movie
Original title The child in the box
Country of production Austria
original language German
Publishing year 2014
length 85 minutes
Rod
Director Gloria Dürnberger
script Gloria Dürnberger
production Michael Kitzberger ,
Wolfgang Widerhofer ,
Nikolaus Geyrhalter ,
Markus Glaser
music Martin Klein
camera Leena Koppe
cut Natalie Schwager
occupation
  • Margarete Dürnberger
  • Gloria Dürnberger
  • Evelin Höller
  • Helmut Höller
  • Johannes Pletzer

The child in the box is a documentary by the Austrian filmmaker Gloria Dürnberger. The film was produced in 2014 by Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion , and it was released on May 9, 2014 in Austria.

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When Gloria Dürnberger was eight months old, she was taken care of by her birth mother. As an adult woman, she now makes it her task to find out more about her mentally ill mother and to confront her with a wide variety of questions.

“'Why did I become what I am?' Everyone asks himself this question at least once in a lifetime. Not only when you have two mothers: As an eight-month-old baby, Gloria Dürnberger is cared for by her mother Margit. Now, at 30, she is looking for her inner child. "

Reviews

The kid in the box has mostly positive reviews in the Austrian press. The way in which the director confronts her roots is respected. The Kleine Zeitung writes: “ The child in the box is a document worth seeing, without voiceover or manipulative elements, only briefly interrupted by songs that reflect the emotional state, the inner being of Dürnberger. At the Diagonale in Graz, the film convinced the audience and promptly won the audience award. ” The Standard sees the film as“ a kind of cinematic 'talking cure' ”, and the article also points out the limits of the film:“ At the same time, they tell Conversation situations on which he focuses, also something of the limits that the speakers come up against - especially since there is no outside perspective: memories of earlier times cannot always be brought into line (the foster family reminds a 'very happy child'). "At orf .at finds the film editors in the special contribution to the Diagonale that The child in the box "courageously [questions] the social role assignments to children and their parents."

Awards

  • Audience Award: Diagonale's most popular film 2014

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The kid in the box - geyrhalterfilm.com
  2. ↑ “The child in the box” searches for clues ( memento from October 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) www.kleinezeitung.at
  3. ↑ Trauma and coping attempts - film review - derStandard.at
  4. ↑ All days Mother's Day - Diagonale 2014 - news.ORF.at ( Memento from March 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Diagonale Audience Award - www.diagonale.at ( Memento from October 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive )