A summer in Amalfi

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Episode in the series A Summer in ...
Original title A summer in Amalfi
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 TeamWorx Television & Film GmbH, UFA Fiction
length 89 minutes
classification Episode 9 ( list )
First broadcast April 7, 2013 on ZDF
Rod
Director Jorgo Papavassiliou
script Kerstin Cantz
production Ariane Krampe
music Karim Sebastian Elias
camera Vladimir Subotic
cut Günter Heinzel
occupation
chronology

←  Predecessor
A summer in Scotland

Successor  →
A Summer in Portugal

A summer in Amalfi is a German TV film directed by Jorgo Papavassiliou from 2013 . Ann-Kathrin Kramer and Carlos Leal play the leading roles, while Steffen Groth , Armando Dotto , Marie Nasemann and Carlo Degen play the leading roles . The ZDF Sunday film , which starts in the “ Herzkino ” category , is the ninth episode of the film series Ein Sommer in ... , which takes place in different locations around the world. The ZDF recommended the film with the words: "Great feelings in front of a dreamlike backdrop".

action

Claudia Wesskampe, who actually wanted to vacation in her beloved holiday destination Sweden, has to go to southern Italy instead, because her best author and good friend Kai broke a leg. In addition, he has already spent the advance payment received and the travel expenses without even writing a line for the romantic travel guide that is to be presented at the upcoming book fair. For Claudia, who runs a small travel book publisher in Gelsenkirchen, this means that she has to do the research for the travel guide herself in order to save her small business. After a strenuous walk from the ship up the steep rocky coast to the bus stop, the bus drives away in front of you. Fortunately, Claudia meets Padre Leo Muti, whose path leads to the hospital and who takes her there. Although Claudia wants to fire Kai, she can't bring herself to do it and accepts his suggestion to create the travel guide together. He thinks it that way, she drives the routes that he has already created, she then describes her impressions for him and he writes everything down.

Since Claudia is snatched away from a taxi in front of her nose, she gets back into the car with Padre Leo Muti, who drives me to his sister Elisabetta, who gives them a warm welcome. There Claudia also meets Luca, he is the nephew of the Padre and of Elisabetta. In the following days, Luca is always there when Claudia is in trouble. In the first case, he is there when she has to move to another vehicle in a rental car, and one of the car's tires bursts. When they then eat together, he tells her that he is married - unhappy and owns two hotels, one of them in Amalfi, so he can organize his time as he likes.

Kai has now been released from the hospital and is back in the apartment rented by the publisher, in which Claudia now also lives. He tells her that he is in love with the waiter who works in the restaurant on the opposite side of the street and who is also responsible for his accident, the fall off the stairs. Claudia, for her part, surprises him with the news that she and her mother, father and daughter left in their childhood because of an Italian. Hence her trauma with Italy and her aversion to pizza and lemon ice cream. She later tells the padre that she was nine years old when her mother simply left with an Italian guest worker. He also offers to help her find her mother, she must make her peace with her so that she will be free for other things.

When Claudia wanted to rent a boat to take pictures from the water, that was not crowned with success either. But again, Luca is there and offers himself and his ship. When she wants to invite him to dinner to thank her, he tells her that Aunt Elisabetta is expecting both of them for dinner. Together with Elisabetta, Claudia fries Wiener Schnitzel for everyone. Luca later said that it was an accolade, because Elisabetta doesn't let everyone into her kitchen for a long time. Soon after, both of them are sleeping together. That evening Claudia witnessed an unpleasant incident. Luca's daughter Caterina is with the young musician Marcello, which doesn't suit her father at all. He describes him as not her equal and someone who wants to sit in the nest that has been made. The next morning, Claudia learns from Caterina that she thinks she is pregnant. Claudia advises her to speak to Elisabetta. Then she goes to Luca and says goodbye to him. Shortly afterwards, she learns from the padre that her mother died of cancer six years ago. Antonio, with whom her mother was together, is still alive. Together with the padre, Claudia wants to comply with Antonio's request to visit him. Claudia learns from him that her mother tried desperately to get in touch with her, but that her father choked off every attempt and stopped it. He hands her a package of letters that have returned unopened from Germany.

Claudia's tip regarding Aunt Elisabetta was spot on, she manages it in her own way and also finds the words to Luca that make him think about whether the most important thing is that his daughter is happy. Before that, however, there is an accident in which Caterina is injured when she drives her car into a wall. She is so beside herself because Marcello told her that he would leave her so that her father doesn't hate her too. Thankfully, she got away with a concussion and a bruised rib. Nothing happened to the baby she was expecting.

When Claudia wants to fly home, the taxi driver hands her a box containing a cross with a note saying “Love insurance”. Luca is on the other side of the street. He tells her that such insurance does not exist for affairs, only for real love. He should tell her from Caterina that she would be happy if Claudia would stay for the summer. When she asked Luca “and you”, he replied with a smile: “Would I be here otherwise?” Before they both hug and kiss, Claudia says with a smile that she would like to go out for lemon ice cream.

production

Production notes

Cityscape of Amalfi, location of the film
Amalfi, coastal region, another location

A Summer in Amalfi was filmed from September 10th to October 9th, 2012 on locations in Amalfi and the coast of the same name. The editor was Rita Nasser. At the end of the film, the song E Ritorno Da Te by Laura Pausini can be heard.

background

Ann-Kathrin Kramer said that for her, Amalfi is definitely one of the regions that is “particularly animated”. Of course, the Herzkino Sunday films are little fairy tales. But that is "completely legitimate and just very pretty", even if it probably doesn't have that much in common with reality. When asked whether the charm of Italian men is absolutely real, Kramer replied, yes, but she believes that the typical Italian man is “ultimately a little mom's son”, which “of course also has its charm”. What she particularly likes about her role is that Claudia exudes a rather brittle charm. She likes that kind of humor and that kind of teasing. Incidentally, she is "often said to be of this kind herself". When asked about the love scenes in the film that she had with her film partner Carlos Leal, Kramer said that such scenes are never really pleasant because everyone involved has to "jump over their shadow". But with this film she was lucky that Carlos was not only a great actor by her side, but also a very nice person. Of course, that makes it easier than having to play with someone you absolutely cannot smell.

publication

The film was shown for the first time on Sunday, April 7, 2013, in the ZDF program . Studio Hamburg Enterprises released it on DVD on June 26, 2015.

reception

Audience rating

When it was first broadcast, the film recorded 6.25 million viewers, which corresponds to a market share of 17.3 percent.

criticism

The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm pointed their thumbs down, spoke of “TV cuddling” and drew the conclusion: “Che palle! Every pot gets its lid! "

Rainer Tittelbach took care of the film on his website tittelbach.tv , gave it 3.5 out of six possible stars and said: “All too much cliché! […] 'A summer in Amalfi' is a comedic holiday romance that successfully combines the light with the implied heavy. Figures at the height of their time, Hitchcock reminiscences, good optics! ”A“ major reason why this ZDF Sunday romance looks so pleasantly fresh ”is related to“ the characters ”. You don't have to be "more stupid than the audience or the author for the sake of the genre." In the film, feelings are weighed up "very much in line with the spirit of the times". And “not just the author; the travel book publisher and her author ”would also know “ Hitchcock's ' Ein Fenster zum Hof ' ”. So “this film - despite the pleasantly manageable plot - has enough stimulus potential for 90 minutes. And the modern imagery (a Mediterranean dream: the room with a view of the piazza) "does the rest".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A summer in Amalfi with crew united
  2. ↑ Ann-Kathrin Kramer: “Sex scenes? I'd rather kill someone! ” See welt.de, published on April 7, 2014.
    Retrieved on February 29, 2020.
  3. ↑ A summer in Amalfi Fig. DVD case ZDF-Herzkino (in the picture: Ann-Kathrin Kramer, Carlos Leal)
  4. ↑ A summer in Amalfi See tvspielfilm.de (including 33 film images). Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  5. ^ Rainer Tittelbach : TV film "A Summer in Amalfi". Ann-Kathrin Kramer, Carlos Leal, Papavassiliou. For an enlightened Mediterranean dream
    see page tittelbach.tv . Retrieved February 29, 2020.