Village of Lost Youth

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Movie
German title Village of Lost Youth
Original title Bridgend
Country of production Denmark ,
United Kingdom
original language English
Publishing year 2015
length 104 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Jeppe Rønde
script Jeppe Rønde,
Torben Bech ,
Peter Asmussen
production Michel Schønnemann ,
Malene Blenkov ,
Magne Lyngner
music Moon head
camera Magnus Nordenhof Jønck
cut Oliver Bugge Coutté
occupation

Village of the Lost Youth (Original title: Bridgend ) is a Danish film by Jeppe Rønde . The film premiered on January 25, 2015 at the Rotterdam International Film Festival . The cinema release in Germany was on December 10, 2015.

action

Sara moves to the former mining community of Bridgend , Wales with her father Dave . There is a mysterious wave of suicides, which are mainly committed by young people without leaving a suicide note. Sara's father is the new chief of police and investigates what has happened while Sara befriends a group of her own age. The young people had some friends among the dead and hold obscure remembrance rituals in the forest and online. Although Sara is alienated from the morbid cult, she falls in love with the shy, sullen Jamie. While her father pokes in the fog during his investigation, the psyche of his daughter gets dangerous cracks.

background

The film is inspired by real events: Between 2007 and 2012, there were a number of unsolved youth suicide cases in the Bridgend area, with 79 people officially hanging, usually hanging, to death. Director Rønde followed the events over a period of six years and wrote the script based on the stories of the teenagers and families involved.

criticism

The film service believes the film is a "captivating mystery thriller based on true events that sums up the group dynamics in suggestive images and sounds". In doing so, "a lot remains open, but with which the film may come closest to the truth".

Awards

The film was screened at numerous film festivals during the 2015 festival season and received a total of 16 nominations. The film received the AQCC Award at the Fantasia Film Festival 2015, among others, while it received honorable mentions at the Göteborg International Film Festival and the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival . The film received three awards at the Tribeca Film Festival :

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release Info. Internet Movie Database , accessed January 1, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b Village of Lost Youth. Film service , accessed January 1, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Village of Lost Youth. In: moviepilot.de. Retrieved January 13, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Awards. Internet Movie Database, accessed January 1, 2016 .