The Tailor of Panama (film)

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Movie
German title The tailor of Panama
Original title The Tailor of Panama
Country of production USA
Ireland
original language English
Spanish
Publishing year 2001
length 105 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director John Boorman
script Andrew Davies
John le Carré
John Boorman
production John le Carré
Kevan Barker
John Boorman
music Shaun Davey
camera Philippe Rousselot
cut Ron Davis
occupation

The Tailor of Panama (original title: The Tailor of Panama ) is an Irish - American agent - comedy from 2001 , which is based on the novel of the same name by John le Carré , which is inspired by Graham Greene's novel Our Man in Havana . Directed by John Boorman , who wrote the script with John le Carré and Andrew Davies . Pierce Brosnan and Geoffrey Rush played the leading roles .

action

The film begins with the transfer of the British MI6 spy Andrew Osnard to the British Embassy in Panama , as his affair with the mistress of the Foreign Minister had become known on his last site.

In Panama he selects the tailor Harry Pendel as a local contact. The tailor has a petty criminal past, but also ties to Panamanian politics and the underworld. His wife Louisa also works for the head of the Panama Canal Administration. Louisa, unlike Andrew, does not know the truth about Harry's past, which in turn uses Andrew to blackmail Harry and forcibly oblige him for his intentions.

Andrew wants to get government secrets through the tailor's relationship regarding a possible sale of the Panama Canal to foreign investors. Forced by blackmail, but also flattered by the attention of the supposedly cosmopolitan agent, Harry invents more and more alleged political and government secrets that Andrew, who needs a success, pass on to his superiors as facts. Andrew also blows up these alleged facts to the ambassador and his superiors in London and begins an affair with an embassy official.

Among other things, Harry invents a secret opposition movement that is about to carry out a coup . Harry names his friend Mickie Abraxas, an alcoholic, and his assistant Marta, who both suffered from the earlier dictatorial Noriega regime, as the leader of this so-called "silent opposition" . Andrew then obtained 15 million US dollars from the US government through his boss in order to be able to allegedly support the coup plotters, with the coup plotters asking for 10 million according to Harry, and Andrew's boss receiving 20 million from the US government.

In the meantime, the rumors of the coup have aggravated the political situation in Panama, also because the alleged coup leader committed suicide, which the British and American authorities immediately assume as a government murder. The US then intervenes militarily and the foreigners try to leave the country. In the ensuing chaos, Andrew manages to flee with most of the 15 million dollars after he u. a. Payed bribes to the British Ambassador. Louisa, meanwhile, defuses the escalating political farce that Harry has ignited by gaining access to the President with the help of her boss, who in turn clarifies the political and military situation with the US President. Harry eventually confesses his past to Louisa and his motives for the lies, and the two resume their daily lives with their children.

reception

Gross profit

The film, whose production cost is estimated at 21 million US dollars , premiered on February 11, 2001 at the 51st Berlin International Film Festival . It was released on March 30, 2001 in North American cinemas, where it grossed over $ 13.7 million by July 2001. It opened in German cinemas on April 26, 2001, where it was seen 193,350 times. In Austria, where the film also opened on April 26, 2001, it was seen 19,659 times. The cinema release in German-speaking Switzerland was on May 3, 2001; in Switzerland it has been seen 77,489 times. The film grossed around 28 million US dollars worldwide.

Reviews

The majority of the critics received The Tailor of Panama positively. For example, it was written that it was sophisticated, fine adult entertainment.

James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews : "This action-oriented feature film ensures that the audience thinks for themselves and not just passively sits and watches."

Roger Ebert said in the Chicago Sun-Times on March 30, 2001: "Has a lot of ironic, twisted humor" ("It has a lot of wry, twisted humor").

The lexicon of international films wrote: “The narrative tactics that director John Boorman integrates into his film are as contradictory as the two men he portrays: At the same time laid out as a global farce and intimate drama, he manages a delicate balancing act between sharp satire and quiet sympathy, which is characterized by excellent actors. "

Award

The film was represented at the 2001 Berlinale in the competition for the Golden Bear , but had to admit defeat to the French erotic drama Intimacy , just like Steven Soderbergh's Traffic - Power of the Cartel and Lasse Hallström's Chocolat - A small bite is enough .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The Tailor of Panama. Retrieved May 11, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from June 24, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ http://www.film.at/der_schneider_von_panama/
  4. ↑ a b http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=17382
  5. ↑ http://archive.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2001/03/30/tailor_panama/index.html
  6. ↑ http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/t/tailor_panama.html
  7. ↑ https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-tailor-of-panama-2001
  8. ↑ https://www.filmdienst.de/film/details/514684