Submissive (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Submissive |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2003 |
| length | 86 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Igor Zaritzki |
| script | Igor Zaritzki |
| production | Igor Zaritzki |
| music |
Eike Hosenfeld Moritz Denis |
| camera | Guntram Franke |
| cut | Philipp Stahl |
| occupation | |
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Devot is a German psychological thriller from 2003 by director Igor Zaritzki .
action
A young woman desperately contemplates throwing herself off a bridge on a rainy night. A man by the name of Henry drives by and spots her right now. He thinks she is a prostitute and takes her home with him. Once there, she introduces herself as Anja and confesses that she is not a real prostitute. She gives him his money back, but shortly afterwards tries to sneak away with his wallet. After Henry, whose room is equipped with video cameras, confronts her with it, he ultimately ties her to a chair. To put her under pressure, he calls the police and puts drugs in her purse. He tells her the story of the Arabian Nights , when a woman postponed her execution by telling the king a story every evening, but not to the end. Henry now expects a story in return. Anja tells about a girl named Lilly who suffered from one- sided deafness and was therefore socially excluded. She came into contact with drugs and was eventually raped by several at a drugged party. She found herself on the street with torn clothes and smeared with blood. Anja refuses to go on until Henry calls the police back. Henry unties her and admits the alleged drugs are just glucose.
During the subsequent sexual act, Henry exercises violence and breath control on her at Anja's request . While eating together, she talks more about Lilly. Because of her financial condition, she successfully cheated on men of their money until one day she ran into a person. Anja breaks off and goes to the bathroom to wash. Henry is watching her on camera. When she discovers this, he switches off the tape. He looks after her and discovers that she has cut her wrists with a razor blade. After the unsuccessful attempt at resuscitation, Henry decides to bury her outside in the rain. He discovers that she is still alive and carries her back into the house. When Anja wakes up after a while, she only remembers that she wanted to take a bath. She tells of Lilly's end: she was killed and mutilated by an unknown person. The subsequent investigations yielded nothing.
In the course of time, Anja got back bit by bit memories that Henry killed her with a hair dryer in the bathroom and then cut her vein himself. After she confronts Henry about it, he throws her out. In front of the building she discovers the hole in the earth and goes to him again, but shortly afterwards she faints. She finds herself in the chair across from Henry, who is waiting to hear a story from her. After Henry gives up pretending they were early in the evening, she reveals to him that she is dead. He doesn't believe her words or the obituary notice in her handbag. Henry apologizes for his actions and asks that both of them be honest with each other from now on. He offers to drive her. During the journey you can see the conversation taking place once in a room and again in the car. Anja suddenly grabs the steering wheel and both suffer a collision. Henry limps out of the car and sees Anja's body broken through the windshield. Then he falls to the ground himself.
Production and publication
Except for a small supporting role , played by Tomek Piotrowski , the film only takes place between Anja and Henry. The main location of the film is a lavishly furnished factory floor : high rooms, dark, mysterious levels, a glittering pool of water, lined with head- high steel sculptures. The film was shot mainly in an old factory building in Halle (Saale) and in Leipzig on 35 mm , cut on the Avid and provided with a Dolby-SR cinema mix. Annett Renneberg had her hair cut and bleached for the film.
It premiered in 2003 as part of the Panorama series at the 53rd Berlin International Film Festival.
The singing of the theme song is by Franziska Melzer.
reception
The Tagesspiegel described it as " 9½ weeks for the demanding".
The lexicon of international films says: "The precisely crafted film benefits from its strong leading actress, while the plot is less convincing and the banal resolution even disappoints."
Web links
- Submissive in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Submissive. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 3, 2017 .