The Etruscan smile
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Etruscan smile |
| Original title | The Etruscan Smile |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language |
English , Gaelic |
| Publishing year | 2018 |
| length | 108 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Oded Binnun , Mihal Brezis |
| script |
Michael McGowan , Michal Lali Kagan , Sarah Bellwood |
| production | Arthur Cohn |
| music | Haim Frank Ilfman |
| camera | Javier Aguirresarobe |
| cut | Roberto Silvi |
| occupation | |
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The Etruscan Smile (Original title: The Etruscan Smile ) is an American film by the directors Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis , which is based on the novel of the same name by José Luis Sampedro .
action
Rory MacNail, who has lived on an island in the Outer Hebrides all his life, is forced to seek advice from the local vet because of his poor health. However, he refuses to help him and instead urges him to fly to his son Ian in San Francisco for a proper examination. Rory reluctantly agrees. His primary drive is to want to survive old Campbell, who he hates over a centuries-old family feud and who, himself suffering from cirrhosis of the liver for years, has predicted his imminent death.
Ian, who now runs a molecular restaurant as a chemist , and his wife Emily have a modern lifestyle. They provide baby Jamie with the latest parenting methods. Rory is a stranger to this world, and he keeps clashing with his son. In contrast, he lovingly takes care of his grandchild, for whom the busy parents have little time. Rory met Claudia, who worked there, in an art museum when he was attracted to a sculpture of the Etruscan culture with smiling figures. He is invited to a Rare Language Project at the university where his stories told in Gaelic will be recorded.
The medical exam reveals that Rory has terminal prostate cancer . He wants to spend the time he has left with Claudia and Jamie. When he is informed of the death of his rival in Scotland, he celebrates him with a bottle of whiskey, much to Ian. Rory couldn't get over the fact that he couldn't raise Ian to be a "real man". But now he accepts that he will shape his life according to his own ideas. When he collapses at Claudia’s home, he expresses the desire to return to his beloved home. Ian tells him they will come with him. They have a great time in the Hebrides. Ian takes the clamshell knife from Rory, which he didn't want as a child. When Jamie pronounces the Gaelic word for grandfather, Rory is happy and can die in peace. A few years later, Ian's family, now with a second child, visits Rory's house again.
publication
The film was presented in Basel in February 2017 . In Germany it was shown on April 10, 2018 as a "world premiere" in the Berlin Zoo Palast . Producer Arthur Cohn and many celebrities were present at both performances . The film was released in German cinemas on April 12, 2018.
background
Rory's house is on Loch Eriboll . The museum scenes were filmed in the San Francisco City Hall .
Reviews
The film critic Irene Genhart from the Cineman.ch portal writes: “With the Etruscan smile , the 90-year-old producer Arthur Cohn has succeeded in another - sensationally beautiful and heartfelt - film that shows what life is really about: humanity. "
Antje Wessels from Filmstarts.de , on the other hand, is of the opinion that the story is “emotionally processed”. The predictability of the outcome is not the problem, but that the way there is “trite and clichéd”. It remains "with occasional flashes of truthfulness and individual charming scenes".
According to the film portal Cinema, however , the drama inspires with a "balanced mix of humor and seriousness". Against the background of the father-son conflict, "the deep bond with little Jamie moves to tears". But there is also room for cheerful moments.
Matthias Halbig from RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland comes to the conclusion in the Hannoverschen Allgemeine: “How easy it could have been wrong and cheesy. But Cox makes Rory's awakening believable and moves the audience to tears in the end. "
Web links
- The Etruscan smile in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Website of the film
- Website of the film (s)
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for The Etruscan Smile . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 177714 / K).
- ↑ And suddenly the Federers stood there! blick.ch, February 9, 2017.
- ↑ The acclaimed world premiere of the new touching masterpiece The Etruscan Smile by producer legend and six-time Oscar winner Arthur Cohn. presseportal.de, April 11, 2018.
- ^ Film review on cineman.ch , accessed on April 19, 2018.
- ^ Film review on filmstarts.de , accessed on April 13, 2018.
- ↑ Film review on cinema.de , accessed on April 13, 2018.
- ^ Film review on HAZ , accessed on April 19, 2018.