Dual (2013)

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Movie
German title dual
Original title Dvojina
Country of production Slovenia , Denmark , Croatia
original language English , Slovenian , Danish
Publishing year 2013
length 102 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Nejc Gazvoda
script Nejc Gazvoda,
Janez Lapajne
production Aleš Pavlin ,
Andrej Štritof
music Monkey Cup Dress
camera Darko Herič
cut Janez Lapajne,
Nejc Gazvoda,
Marina Andree Škop
occupation

Dual (also: Dual - Zu zwei , Original: Dvojina ) is a feature film by the Slovenian director Nejc Gazvoda from 2013 .

At the beginning of the film, two young women, Tina from Slovenia and Iben from Denmark , meet by chance in Ljubljana . Both suffer in some way and develop a strong affection for the other in no time. The film accompanies them. Since they don't speak each other's mother tongue , they talk to each other in English ; In addition, Slovene is spoken for a not inconsiderable proportion of the film and several sentences are in Danish .

The film was not dubbed, but is available with German subtitles.

action

At the airport of the Slovenian capital Ljubljana, passengers on a flight from Copenhagen to Athens , one of them Danish Iben (in her mid-twenties), are waiting for their onward flight. However, since this was canceled and they can only fly on the next morning, the (similarly old) Slovenian Tina, a hotel employee, is instructed to bring the passengers to the hotel. When she then returns to the minibus after a short conversation with Matic, her good friend and colleague, she is amazed to find that one of the passengers, Iben, is still sitting there. She asks if Tina would drive her through town. After an initially skeptical look, Tina agrees, whereupon she and the mysterious Iben drive silently through the quiet, nocturnal Ljubljana. When the two stop and get out, Tina is called back.

Back at the hotel, they look at each other again before Iben finally goes to their room. It's already past twelve and although Tina has an interview at a bank early in the morning - it was her last day - she lingers absently on a sofa in the entrance area with the elevators and the exit in her back. Finally she changes clothes and leaves the hotel. Already sympathetic to Iben, she looks expectantly at the elevator that is just opening, but is disappointed. Meanwhile, Iben has ravaged her room with tears in his eyes and is now standing outside, leaning against the wall of the hotel - her eyes are empty in the distance.

There the two unexpectedly meet again and they walk a few meters together. The sympathies between the two grow, and so they finally wander together through the empty city, talk (in English), joke and stop in different places; Tina Iben's spontaneous way of encountering life is fascinating. Eventually they decide they don't want to go to sleep anymore and spend the rest of the night together in Ljubljana. Tina opens up more and more and Iben realizes that dreamy Tina is not happy. When morning breaks, the two don't want their time together to end; but Tina has to get her job interview and Iben her flight. They sadly say goodbye in front of the bank's skyscraper.

The atmosphere in the bank is cool and Tina has to answer absurd, psychologically motivated questions from the HR manager. Then she is briefly alone in the room with the boss's assistant and she takes the opportunity and asks her if she, Tina, would be happy here in the bank. After some hesitation, she finally shakes her head. Tina then runs out of the bank, apparently relieved, and has lost her chance at the job.

Surprisingly, Iben is already waiting for her there. She let her flight slip by for Tina, and now Tina throws her bike down the stairs with joy. Finally you go to a pub. There, Iben points out to Tina that she has noticed that Tina is a lesbian . Tina then confirms this and Iben says that she likes it. In response to the counter-question, however, Iben tells Tina that she is not a lesbian herself, but at the same time says: “I don't care that you are a woman when it feels so good.” (“I don't care if you are a girl when it feels so good. “) Then Tina starts to say things, some indecent, in Slovenian, amused. When Iben says that she can do that too, Tina wants Iben to tell her a secret in Danish. After hesitation, Iben begins: She tells Tina tearfully that she has an incurable brain tumor and will soon die. That was also the reason for the flight to Athens; she wanted to leave because they pity everyone at home, and so she couldn't tell Tina about it either. Tina, who didn’t understand anything, managed to cheer up Iben shortly afterwards.

They then spend time in a more remote area of ​​a train station with parked wagons. In the end, they meet Matic there, who remembers Iben, as the two met during the transport to the hotel. He seems to be drunk and is rude to Iben, tells her that he envies her for being able to travel around so casually and without worries. He explains to Iben that he talked to Tina in this very place years ago about going out together. They didn't. Tina and Iben finally leave the place, the mood depressed, and then decide to "go away" together. Before that, they go to Tina's parents' house to pack and tell their parents about their decision.

At first, both show incomprehension. Above all, Tina's father - who is already angry with her anyway, because she did not take advantage of the laboriously arranged job interview - makes sarcastic comments; However, after a short time her mother shows understanding. Later, Tina's father visits Tina in her room and says that he is actually proud of her because she made that decision, although he adds that she will never be happy, only unhappy in another place. Meanwhile, Tina's mother suggests in a conversation with Iben that she too might go away, but that would leave her Domen, her somewhat special son, who - as Iben puts it - needs her. Finally, Tina's mother Iben tells her that if she leaves Tina (original: “when”) she should do it in a way that Tina can continue on her own. (Note: You don't find out why she thinks Iben will leave Tina.) Afterwards, Tina and Iben watch another performance by Domen. This comes to an abrupt end when Iben starts crying at that moment, after Tina involuntarily starts crying with the words “He doesn't have an end yet.” (“He doesn't have an end yet.”) remembered their own fate. After Iben has recovered, Tina wants to visit Matic before leaving.

The two find a bizarre-looking party at Matic's home; he himself is absent from the crowd. After a few words with him, Tina and Iben kiss passionately - it is their first kiss. When Tina then briefly closes her eyes, Matic's (ex) girlfriend comes into the room and turns off the music. It turns out that she has left Matic and he should move out now; instead, he throws a party. After she leaves, Matic angrily throws out all the guests and tells Tina to travel and dream with Iben.

But when Tina finally wants to leave with Iben, she can't find them. A party-goer who is still loitering tells Tina that Iben has asked him for directions to the train station. Past thrown garbage cans - Iben had once told Tina that she destroys things when she is sad - Tina runs to the train station. But when she gets there, she is shocked to find that Iben is no longer there. She stops and you can see her standing on the platform alternately smiling with joy and crying with sadness. The moment she begins to walk on, she smiles; then you can only see her from behind and how she walks along the tracks of the dead-empty, nocturnal train station.

Movie title

In Slovenian grammar , the dual (also called two-number, Slovenian name: dvojina) is a third number next to the singular (singular) and plural (plural).

Awards

The film has been screened at numerous film festivals and has been nominated for several awards. He was able to prevail in the following competitions:

16th Festival of Slovenian Film (Slovenia, 2013)

23rd Oslo Skeive Filmer Film Festival (Norway, 2013)

  • Award for best film

12th CINEDAYS Festival of European Film (Macedonia, 2013)

publication

The film premiered on July 3, 2013 at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic . After a screening in the courtyard of Ljubljana Castle (which can also be seen briefly in the film), the film was shown regularly in Slovenian cinemas the following week on August 22, 2013.

In Germany it was shown at the Braunschweig International Film Festival and a year later in December 2014 it was shown in several German cities as part of the L-Filmnacht organized by Salzgeber & Co. Medien GmbH , which distributes the film in Germany. On January 27, 2015, the film was released on DVD as an OmdU . It was already on arte and in the ZDF series Das kleine Fernsehspiel .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Dual . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , June 2014 (PDF; test number: 145 434 V).
  2. ↑ Film info on Dual. In: medialuna.biz. Media Luna New Films UG (international distributor of independent films ), accessed September 24, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Festival participation and awards for Slovenian films in 2013. (PDF) In: film-center.si. Slovenian Film Center, accessed September 24, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Presentation dates for the Croatian participants in the 48th KVIFF. In: havc.hr. Croatian Audiovisual Center, accessed September 24, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Weekend premiere of Dvojina. In: ljubljanskigrad.si. Ljubljanski grad (Ljubljana Castle), accessed September 24, 2016 (Slovenian).
  6. ↑ Film info on Dvojina. In: kolosej.si. Kolosej Ljubljana (largest cinema in Ljubljana), accessed on September 24, 2016 (Slovenian).
  7. ↑ Film information and screening dates Dual. (No longer available online.) In: filmfest-braunschweig.de. Internationales Filmfestival Braunschweig, archived from the original on September 24, 2016 ; accessed on June 21, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Presentation dates and locations of the L-Filmnacht 12/2014. In: l-film-nacht.de. Salzgeber & Co. Medien GmbH, archived from the original on December 17, 2014 ; accessed on September 24, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Product info DVD Dual. (PDF) In: salzgeber.de. Salzgeber & Co. Medien GmbH, accessed on September 24, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Dual - For two at arte on January 21, 2016. In: zdf.de. Second German Television, January 21, 2016, accessed on September 24, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Dual - for two in a small TV game on April 25, 2016 (actually: April 26). In: zdf.de. Second German Television, April 26, 2016, accessed on September 24, 2016 .