It doesn't matter
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | It doesn't matter |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2017 |
| length | 45 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Florian Hoffmann |
| production | Tara Beers Media Productions |
| occupation | |
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No matter there is not is a German documentary from 2017 that accompanies the young political activist Paulina Fröhlich in her campaign work for several months. Director Florian Hoffmann tries to capture both the motivation of their commitment and the obstacles that arise.
action
The film accompanies the young political activist Paulina Fröhlich for over a year. The master’s graduate, who had not appeared publicly until then, was chosen to be the spokesperson for the newly founded initiative “Little Five”, which campaigns against the entry of right-wing populist parties into the Bundestag . At the beginning your personal motives for getting involved are described. She fears the loss of social achievements and freedom rights. Strategies are discussed within the initiative, then you can see how the first actions are started. Paulina gives the first interviews, she is also shown on the motif of the flyer. The film follows her to meetings with other activists and advisors. Over the course of the months, Paulina learns that she has been identified by name and photo on a right-wing extremist blog and is irritated that the initiative has not planned any specific security measures for her person. Several conversations with people around her show that the necessity she saw is not always present in the same way, which frustrates her. In her opinion, all these developments could not be indifferent. She attends a right-wing rally to experience the dynamism there for herself. When asked by an adviser about the discrepancy between the socio-economic background of the activists and the voters of the right-wing populist parties, the activists decide to take a bus to several cities (e.g. Chemnitz, Gelsenkirchen and Schwerin) in order to meet the people concerned directly Conversation to come. The film ends with the election evening on September 24, 2017 and the association's commitment to continue despite the obvious defeat.
production
The film is the thesis of Florian Hoffmann's degree in directing at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin . The director does not comment and lets the characters speak. Paulina speaks into the camera more often during the film, also asks rhetorical questions, but receives no answers. The film also follows her in intimate moments and shows different facets of its leading actress.
criticism
Mediasteak writes:
"With his debut, director Florian Hoffmann succeeds in doing something extraordinary: A continuous close-up of Paulina, which paradoxically allows the viewer to catch a panoramic view of our country, its politics and its media system, albeit a brief one."
Charisma
The film premiered on November 7, 2017 as part of the Duisburg Film Week . On the same day it had its first broadcast on television on 3sat . The film will be available there for five years in the media library .
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.3sat.de/page/?source=/film/dokumentarfilm/195113/index.html
- ↑ http://www.mediasteak.com/doku-egal-gibt-es-nicht/
- ↑ http://www.3sat.de/page/?source=/film/dokumentarfilm/194195/index.html
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 11, 2018 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.
