The man who jumped over cars
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The man who jumped over cars |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| length | 105 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Nick Baker-Monteys |
| script | Nick Baker-Monteys |
| production | Andreas Born, Gloria Burkert, Andreas Bareiss, Sigi Kamml, Fred Breinersdorfer , Luigi Falorni |
| music | Fabian Römer |
| camera | Eeva Fleig |
| cut | Dagmar Lichius |
| occupation | |
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The man who jumped over cars is the 2010 film debut by director Nick Baker-Monteys. The film about a young man who wants to heal through the power of walking the father of his best friend, won in 2011 including the Max Ophüls Prize for Best Screenplay and the price of the Festival International du Film d'Aubagne for Best Film .
The film is a German production by ophir film gmbh and BurkertBareiss Development. Robert Stadlober and Jessica Schwarz play the leading roles .
In Germany, the film opened on June 9, 2011 at Arsenal Filmverleih .
action
Julian, a young man, escapes from a mental hospital in Berlin to walk to southern Germany because he wants to heal the sick father of his deceased best friend by walking. Shortly after his outbreak, he meets the doctor Julianne, who has doubts about her job due to the death of a young patient. For reasons that have not been clarified, Julian knows her name. A short time later, the two meet again, Julianne invites Julian to her home so that he can rest there. When he wants to move on, she gives him her friend Sebastian's hiking boots. But because it is not right in their relationship, after they meet again, she unceremoniously joins the charismatic hiker, even if he is not enthusiastic about the idea at first. Together they continue their wanderings. On the way they meet their wife and mother Ruth, who is treated badly by her husband Matthias on vacation and who is desperate about her situation. Julianne and Julian take them on in their small group.
Julian is followed by the run-down policeman Jan, who has been asked to bring him back to the clinic. What Julian is hiding is that he is responsible for the death of his best friend: Julian firmly believes that his thoughts can jump over moving cars and wanted to try it out with his best friend who drove the car. But he got scared at the last moment, dodged Julian and had a fatal accident.
After narrowly missing each other a few times, the group finally meets Jan, and all four continue on their way together. Jan invites them all to a hotel and locks Julian in his hotel room. But Julian escapes with the help of Julianne, who is disappointed by his lies. Ruth returns to her family strengthened in her self-confidence. Jan and Julianne drive to the parents of Julian's dead friend, where Julian also arrives. He convinces Jan to try the experiment again. Julianne comes in just as Julian is jumping over Jan's speeding car.
Julianne returns to Sebastian, and Jan finally releases Julian and drives back to Berlin alone.
reception
The man who jumped over cars received awards at various film festivals, including: B. in Aubagne or at the film festival Achtung Berlin.
In the press, the film received many, but not all positive, reviews. For example, kino.de saw "Yoga for the soul" in the "[t] ragikomische [n] road movie with bizarre humor", while cinema.de harshly judged: "A mini Jesus strolls to Swabia: cryptic road movie".
Trivia
Even if the title to the accident in the show Wetten, dass ..? of December 4, 2010, in which Samuel Koch jumped over a moving car with power jumpers and had a serious accident, neither the title nor the film have anything to do with it. Rather, the film was already finished at this point.
Web links
- Official website for the film
- Official website of the German rental company
- The man who jumped over cars in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2011 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. Film Festival Max-Ophüls-Preis, winner 2011
- ↑ [1] ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Festival International du Film d'Aubagne, "Prize list of 12th Festival International du film"
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from June 3, 2012 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. Attention Berlin, 2011 winners
- ↑ [2] Kino.de, review of The man who jumped over cars
- ^ [3] Cinema.de, review of The man who jumped over cars
- ↑ [4] Critic.de to The man who jumped over cars
