Drifting (film)
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| Original title | Drift |
| Country of production | Switzerland |
| original language | Swiss German , English |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| length | 91 minutes |
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| Director | Karim Patwa |
| script | Karim Patwa, Michael Proehl |
| production | Anne Catherine Lang, Olivier Zobrist |
| music | Jonas Cslovjescek |
| camera | Philipp Sichler |
| cut | Stefan Kälin |
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Drifting is a feature film by the British-Swiss director Karim Patwa . Drifting tells the story of 22-year-old Robert, who drove a girl to death. After several years in prison, he meets the English teacher Alice, the girl's mother. Since she doesn't recognize him, he takes lessons from her under a false name. The film won three prizes at the Max Ophüls Film Festival and the Swiss Film Prize in 2015 .
production
The film was shot in October 2013 in the agglomeration of Zurich. It premiered at the Max Ophüls Preis 2015 film festival and was shown in Swiss cinemas in March 2015.
The feature film production was financed by the Federal Office of Culture and the Zurich Film Foundation, among others .
action
The 22-year-old Robert Felder is returning to his parents' house after a prison term. Although he tries hard, it is difficult for him to reintegrate into everyday life. His past guilt gives him sleepless nights.
As part of a rehabilitation program, he begins his apprenticeship as a vehicle processor in a car garage. Under the strict supervision of the teacher Balmer, the stressed Robert absolutely wants to pass the trial period. The friendship with his work colleague Sandro seems to be a bright spot between cleaning agents and polish. Both immediately share a fascination with fast cars.
The first contact with his former girlfriend Tatjana ends with hypothermic distance. Does she still love him after his prison time? Can she trust Robert's promise to stop the frenzy? Although Robert has serious resolutions, he is always drawn to his old gang, with which he tuned cars and drove illegal races. But Murat and his buddies want nothing more to do with him.
While on a bus ride, Robert observes a 33-year-old woman. He follows her. The English teacher Alice Keller becomes an obsession for Robert. Unable to speak to her, it is ultimately the naive Sandro who sets them up at a party. They almost sleep together that night while drunk. But only almost and Robert is relieved because he is looking for her close for another reason: Alice is the mother of the girl that Robert ran over during a race! Because Robert introduced himself under a different name, Alice did not recognize him.
To keep in touch, Robert finally takes English lessons from her. Thanks to her relaxed manner, Robert's tensions dissipate during the lessons. There are even friendly meetings outside of class: Alice teaches Robert body-flying. Only her playful handling of eroticism repeatedly unsettles the young man. His presence also helps Alice to free herself from her protective wall and talk about her dead daughter.
During an English lesson, the funny role-play ends and Robert slips into the role of the victim and asks Alice to put herself in the role of the perpetrator. In English he asks her why she did not contact him, why she did not show any remorse. Alice mimes the casual speedster who apparently didn't care about the girl's death, but the role play is too intense for her, she collapses. She seeks consolation from Robert, the tense situation finally discharges into short violent sex. Shortly thereafter, while Robert is in the toilet, Alice discovers his true identity. She collapses inside, but doesn't show anything in front of Robert.
Meanwhile, the situation is coming to a head for Robert on all levels: his girlfriend Tatjana opens up to him again. But although he has promised her never to race again, he chases with Sandro through the night under drugs. And Sandro tries to persuade him to “borrow” two sports cars from her garage over the weekend, thereby jeopardizing Robert's apprenticeship.
In the meantime, Alice Roberts finds the car he used to run over her daughter at a car dealer - and buys the car without further ado. During the next English lesson, Robert experiences a shock: Alice is waiting for him at the wheel of his car and wants driving lessons. You're driving out of town, but the ghosts of the past are in the car ...
criticism
After its success at the Max Ophüls Preis film festival, drifting was well received by the press:
"Finally a really good film again"
"How the main characters are knotted together until they can no longer break away from each other is a risk that pays off"
"Drifting is convincing proof that there is another way"
"Karim Patwa knows how to master the drama keyboard: The film goes deep, but never forgets the humor - and surprises with charming ideas"
Festivals
- 36th Film Festival Max Ophüls Prize
- 50th Solothurn Film Festival
- 25. Cinequest, San Jose, CA
- 25th Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Film Festival , Schwerin
- 45th Molodist Kiev International Film Festival
Awards
Drifting won the Max Ophüls Prize in Saarbrücken 2015, the Film Prize of the Saarland Prime Minister, the Fritz Raff Script Prize and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury . At the 2015 Swiss Film Awards , Sabine Timoteo won the award for best actress.
The NDR -Regiepreis 2015 won drifting on Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern .
Web links
- Drifting in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Homepage Karim Patwa
- Film review by Tereza Fischer in the print edition of the Filmbulletin. March 11, 2015
- Interview with Karim Patwa at SRF . 5th March 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bernard Lang AG - www.langfilm.ch
- ↑ Drifting Homepage. Retrieved January 20, 2016 .
- ↑ Max Ophüls Festival press release. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 21, 2016 ; accessed on January 20, 2016 . 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.
- ↑ Federal Office of Culture ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2016 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. Expert commission for 2012 results, Swiss films and co-productions with Swiss directors (feature film)
- ^ Swiss television SRF. Retrieved January 20, 2016 .
- ↑ WOZ The weekly newspaper. Retrieved January 20, 2016 .
- ↑ Bad boys, naughty girls. NZZ Neue Zürcher Zeitung, January 27, 2015, accessed on January 18, 2016 .
- ↑ Brigitte Häring's film review on Sennhauser's film blog. January 24, 2015, accessed January 20, 2016 .
- ^ Program booklet 50th Solothurn Film Festival 2015. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 18, 2016 ; accessed on January 18, 2016 . 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.
- ^ Molodist Programmarchiv 2015. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 21, 2016 ; accessed on January 20, 2016 . 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.
- ↑ The 2015 award winners. Max Ophüls Preis film festival , January 24, 2015, accessed on January 22, 2016 .
- ↑ Swiss Film Prize Winner 2015. Accessed on January 18, 2016 .
- ^ Article of the NDR. NDR , accessed on May 28, 2015 .
