The Diver (2019)

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Movie
Original title The diver
Country of production Austria
original language German
Publishing year 2019
length 90 minutes
Age rating JMK 16
Rod
Director Günter Schwaiger
script Günter Schwaiger
production Lukas Stepanik ,
Günter Schwaiger
music Roland Hackl
camera David Azcano
cut Günter Schwaiger,
Martin Eller
occupation

Der Taucher is an Austrian feature film by Günter Schwaiger from 2019 with Franziska Weisz , Julia Franz Richter , Alex Brendemühl and Dominic Marcus Singer . The premiere took place on October 24, 2019 as part of the 53rd Hof International Film Festival . The Vienna premiere took place on November 25, 2019, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women . The Austrian theatrical release was on November 29, 2019.

action

The Viennese Irene is actually a strong and self-confident woman. She lives with her 18-year-old daughter Lena in Ibiza , the two have a close relationship. One day, Irene's former partner, the composer and musician Paul, returns to Ibiza with his son Robert. Paul's world career is in jeopardy because he is about to stand on trial after severely mistreating Irene .

Paul therefore tries to influence Irene with all means and manipulate her so that she withdraws her complaint. It almost seems that he is successful when his son Robert and Lena stand against him. The film tells the story of a trauma from the perspectives of the four participants. Each stands for a certain way of dealing with the experience of violence, such as denial, repression, resistance and resignation.

Production and Background

The shooting took place in February and March 2018, and the shooting took place in Ibiza . The film was supported by the Austrian Film Institute , the state and city of Salzburg , and the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation was involved .

The film was produced by Günter Schwaiger Film Produktion ; Extrafilm was co-producer . Miguel Rejas was responsible for the sound, Esther Sancho for the costume design, Cristina Guisado García for the production design and Regina Breitfellner for the mask.

This is the first feature film for director Günter Schwaiger, who comes from Salzburg and partly lives in Spain. He has worked as a director and producer of short and documentary films since 1993; his documentary Martas Koffer (2013) also deals with the topic of domestic violence .

reception

Elli Leeb awarded seven out of ten points on filmpluskritik.com and judged: "Even if the build-up of tension takes place very slowly, the chamber play-like narrative and the portrayal of difficult family relationships are quite remarkable."

Awards

Diagonal 2020

  • Awarded the Diagonale Acting Prize (Julia Franz Richter)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Age rating for Der Taucher . Youth Media Commission .
  2. ↑ Film titles and seasons. In: Hof International Film Festival . Retrieved October 11, 2019 .
  3. ↑ The Diver Inside / The Diver. In: Hof International Film Festival . Retrieved October 18, 2019 .
  4. ^ Violence against women: "Der Taucher" in the cinema. In: ORF.at . November 25, 2019, accessed November 25, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Julia Pfligl: Franziska Weisz: "Violence against women is hushed up". In: Kurier.at . November 25, 2019, accessed November 25, 2019 .
  6. ↑ a b The diver. In: Austrian Film Institute . Retrieved October 11, 2019 .
  7. ↑ a b c Austrian Film Institute: The Diver . Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  8. ↑ The diver at crew united . Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  9. ↑ Elli Leeb: "Der Taucher" - review. In: filmpluskritik.com. April 19, 2020, accessed April 29, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Diagonal firmly in a woman's hand. In: ORF.at . June 30, 2020, accessed June 30, 2020 .