The sound of the sea

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Movie
Original title The sound of the sea
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 2010
length 25 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Ana Rocha Fernandes , Torsten Truscheit
production Thomas Reisser, Marcus Machura for Niama-Film GmbH (Stuttgart)
music Andreas Schäfer , Mayra Andrade
camera Philipp Timme
occupation

The Rush of the Sea is a film drama by the directors Ana Rocha Fernandes and Torsten Truscheit , who both wrote the script and were responsible for the editing, from 2009. In the lead role of the short film , Tyron Ricketts embodies an African who has illegally entered Germany is in a detention center and is suicidal .

action

A refugee from Africa has been in a deportation prison for several days without papers or any other proof of his identity. When it is suspected that the inmate could possibly kill himself, a guard is assigned to look after him. He discovers a photo hidden by the prisoner, which shows a little girl. As a result, the guard begins to be interested in the prisoner's fate, and a friendship begins to develop between the two.

Due to the loneliness that the prisoner has to endure in the cell, he begins to tell the guard assigned to him, his story and the reason why he entered Germany illegally. The guard learns that the inmate has lost a loved one. In the story told by the prisoner, the guard recognizes parallels to his own life, because he, too, has already lost a loved one. So the two get closer and closer.

In the further course of the plot, the prison guard risks his employment to help the inmate to escape from the deportation prison and to help ensure that he can see his daughter, the girl in the photo, again.

Production notes

Niama-Film GmbH in Stuttgart was responsible for the production in cooperation with Südwestrundfunk , ARTE and Bayerischer Rundfunk . The shooting took place in Stuttgart and Kehl . The sound of the sea was shown for the first time at the Hof International Film Festival on October 27, 2010 . It was broadcast on television on December 19 of the same year on ARTE.

Reviews

The German Film and Media Assessment (FBW) certifies that "[t] he small humane gestures between the guard and prisoner [...] are conveyed impressively unobtrusively by the actors". Furthermore, FBW is of the opinion that "[s] o [...] a convincing plea for understanding togetherness [arises]". The conclusion is: "A short film with a big message".

Awards

In December 2011, the two German contributions Raju by director Max Zähle and Das Rauschen des Meeres made it onto the shortlist for nominations for best short film from a total of 107 applications in the Live Action Shorts category (non-animated short films) . On January 24, 2012, AMPAS nominated the film Raju as one of five candidates for this Oscar.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The sound of the sea. In: filmportal.de. Retrieved October 5, 2015 .
  2. ↑ The sound of the sea. (No longer available online.) In: arte.tv. Archived from the original on October 5, 2015 ; accessed on October 5, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.arte.tv
  3. ^ Film "The Rushing of the Sea" - German film evaluation and media evaluation FBW. In: fbw-filmbeval.com. Retrieved October 5, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Press release of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: Nominees for the 84th Academy Awards , January 24, 2012
  5. ↑ Hamburg Media School press release: Waiting for Oscar ( Memento of the original from March 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , January 24, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hamburgmediaschool.com