The 8th continent
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The 8th continent |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German , English |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Serdar Dogan |
| script | Serdar Dogan |
| production | Serdar Dogan, Markus Kambeck |
| music | Ben Hansen |
| camera | Serdar Dogan |
| cut | Serdar Dogan |
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The 8th Continent is a German feature film by director Serdar Dogan from 2015 . It opened in theaters on April 30, 2015.
action
The 22-year-old architecture student Lena learns of the sudden death of her mother, with whom she fell out years ago: She moved from home at the age of 16 after a big argument and broke off contact with both parents. It is now too late for reconciliation.
Lena never receives any letters from her father from her mother's estate, written on Lena's birthdays. From them she learns that her mother's greatest wish was to go on a world tour and see all seven continents. Together with Lena, she wanted to realize this dream because she had never had the opportunity to do so herself. However, her wish remained unfulfilled, and her daughter eventually became the 8th continent that was out of reach for her.
Deeply hit, Lena quickly sets off on a trip around the world with her mother's letters in her luggage. To pay for her tour, she steals money earmarked for her study project. Your journey takes you from Rome via New York, Rio de Janeiro, Antarctica, Hong Kong and Sydney to Cape Town. Lena discovers foreign countries and makes new friends. In front of the backdrop of world-famous metropolises and natural settings, she gets into conversation with people, learns about their problems and dreams and learns a lot about the world, but also about herself. On every continent she leaves a small clay figure that her mother made.
During her trip, Lena deals with her repressed trauma and thus comes closer to her lost mother again. Back home, she makes up with her father. In a conversation with her dead mother, she talks about her travel experiences, shows a box with souvenirs from all seven continents and finally puts a strand of hair from herself: from the 8th continent. So Lena finally wins back both parents.
background
History of origin
In March 2013 Serdar Dogan had the idea for “The 8th Continent”. The trigger was a business trip to Boston. The fascination of the American metropolis made him want to shoot a global road movie . His script was ready within six weeks and shooting started in October. German television broadcasters and film funding agencies did not want to support his project. So Dogan financed his film through crowd funding on the Internet and private sponsors. Above all, however, he and his team work almost exclusively pro bono : Dogan was a screenwriter, cameraman, film editor and director all in one, and also took care of the entire organization and production of the film. Relatives, friends and colleagues, but also complete strangers, supported him free of charge. Dogan was able to win over well-known German professionals such as Cosma Shiva Hagen, Thomas Scharff and Viktoria Brams for important supporting roles. Serdar Dogan found his leading actress Maike Johanna Reuter at a drama school.
Filming
Serdar Dogan went on a six-week filming trip around the world with leading actress Maike Johanna Reuter and his assistant Katharina Fast. The travel locations were Rome (Europe), New York (North America), Rio de Janeiro (South America), Hong Kong (Asia), Sydney (Australia), Norway (representing Antarctica) and Cape Town (Africa) - representing all continents . Friends, relatives and local actors joined the team on site. Serdar Dogan shot the scenes in Germany with Cosma Shiva Hagen, who embodies Lena's mother. The actress only acted in front of a green box . With the help of elaborate 3D effects, the pictures with the letters from the mother to her daughter were created in post-processing.
publication
Wolfgang Schmidt-Dahlberg, Germany's oldest theatrical distributor, took over the distribution and brought the film to the cinema with his company Rekord Film. “The 8th Continent” premiered on April 30, 2015 in Kassel and will start in German cinemas at the same time.
Soundtrack
| "The 8th Continent" (Official Soundtrack) | |
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| Soundtrack by various artists | |
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Publication |
2015 |
| Label (s) | Wax'N'Soul Records |
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Format (s) |
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Pop , rock , electronic music |
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Title (number) |
17th |
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running time |
61 minutes |
| occupation | see section track list |
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Ben Hansen |
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Dogan's friends from the music scene wrote and produced the soundtrack for “The 8th Continent”. A major contributor was Ben Hansen, who provided the film music for Dogan's earlier film projects.
- Track list
- Lena Theme - Ben Hansen
- Waves - Dogan & Schwär
- Sea of Tears (acoustic version) - Evolaer feat. Darius Zander
- House by the sea - Moddi
- If I - Semoune
- Sunny Days - Ben Hansen
- In the same boat - Rayl Patzak P-Jay
- Minha Menina - Cris Cosmo
- Calm - Quiet Fire
- New country - Quitscheäntchen
- The day I turned into a ghost - The Good Morning Diary
- Friday - Serdar Dogan
- Emocion para Lena - Benjamin Krech
- All over the world - Fabio Uliano Grasselli & Stefano Pantaleoni
- Anna - Petite Rouge
- Now I know - Quitscheäntchen
- Mother Theme - Ben Hansen
criticism
"Precious encounters with subtlety."
“You don't see the limited budget in his world travel drama, which is as sympathetic as it is bursting with creative ideas. 'The 8th Continent' is entertaining, refreshing cinema from Germany that lives from its charismatic main character. "
Awards
- 2016: Jupiter nominated in the category "Best Film National"
Web links
- The 8th Continent in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for the 8th continent . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2015 (PDF; test number: 150 204 V).
- ^ Marie Anderson: Criticism . In: Kino-Zeit.de , accessed on January 24, 2016.
- ^ Björn Schneider: Criticism . In: Programmkino.de , accessed on January 24, 2016.