The young girl
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The young girl |
| Original title | The Young One |
| Country of production | Mexico |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1960 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Luis Buñuel |
| script |
Hugo Butler Luis Buñuel Peter Matthiessen |
| production | George P. Werker and Producciones Olmeca |
| music | Jesús Zarzosa |
| camera | Gabriel Figueroa |
| occupation | |
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| synchronization | |
The young girl (original title: The Young One) is a Mexican fictional film in English by Luis Buñuel from 1960 based on the story Travelin 'Man by Peter Matthiessen . The film premiered in May 1960 at the Cannes Film Festival . In the Federal Republic of Germany he was seen for the first time on January 24, 1966 on the Second German Television ( ZDF ); he came to the cinema on May 17, 1968.
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The young girl Evalyn is an orphan and lives with her grandfather on a small island off the American southeast coast. After his death, the little one does the most necessary work in the household and takes care of the beekeeping left behind by the deceased. The girl's imagination - her grandfather was a hunting assistant - is shaped entirely by hunting. Hence, Evalyn's relationship with animals is unsentimental and objective.
One day the black clarinetist Traver turns up on the island, who has fled here on charges of rape. Soon Traver gets into an argument with the white ranger Miller about the girl. The white man assaults her and plays off the southerner's arrogance towards the black. The racial conflict comes to a head when two more whites come to the island: a Baptist pastor who wants to bring the orphan to a home, and a boatman who fanatically hates all blacks. They bring the news that Traver is being wanted by the police for raping a white woman. The pastor demands humane treatment from Travers until it is handed over to the police. When he can finally convince himself that this is innocent, he gets Traver to run.
Reviews
"Brittle story about civilization, upbringing and humane culture, presented by Bunuel in a documentary manner and hardly in a psychological way."
"A quiet, unobtrusive film by Luis Bunuel, artistically remarkable and rich in discussion."
Awards
- Predicate 'Valuable' ( Filmbewertungsstelle Wiesbaden )
- Best film of the month by the Evangelical Film Guild (May 1968)
Web links
- The young girl in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Source: Long review in the Evangelisches Film-Beobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, 20th year 1966, review No. 45/1966, p. 90
- ↑ rororo-Taschenbuch No. 3174 (1988), p. 1911
- ↑ Protestant film observer
- ↑ Evangelischer Filmbeobachter, 1968, p. 337