A fantastic woman

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Movie
German title A fantastic woman
Original title Una mujer fantástica
Country of production Chile ,
USA ,
Germany ,
Spain
original language Spanish
Publishing year 2017
length 104 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Sebastian Lelio
script Sebastián Lelio,
Gonzalo Maza
production Juan de Dios Larraín,
Pablo Larraín
music Matthew Herbert
camera Benjamin Echazarreta
cut Soledad salads
occupation
synchronization

A fantastic woman (original title: Una mujer fantástica , English-language Festival Title: A Fantastic Woman ) is a feature film by Sebastián Lelio from the year 2017 . The international co-production is based on an original script by the Chilean director, which he wrote together with Gonzalo Maza . It tells the story of a transgender woman (played by Daniela Vega ) who, after the sudden death of her partner ( Francisco Reyes ), is confronted with the prejudice and anger of his family as well as the bias of the authorities. She then begins to fight for her right to grief.

The melodrama premiered on February 12, 2017 in the competition at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. The German theatrical release took place on September 7, 2017.

In 2018 the film was awarded the Oscar for best foreign language film as a Chilean contribution .

action

Santiago de Chile , in the present: the young transgender woman Marina works as a waitress in a bar and occasionally appears as a singer. At the same time she is training to be an opera singer. She is happily in a relationship with Orlando, a textile entrepreneur who is 20 years her senior and who once left his family for Marina. The move into Orlando's luxurious apartment is imminent. On Marina's birthday, he invites her to a restaurant. The celebration is clouded a little by the fact that Orlando has postponed Marina's birthday present, travel vouchers to the Iguazú Falls . After dinner they both go to a disco and spend the night together in Orlando's apartment.

Orlando wakes up in the middle of the night with convulsions. When Marina tries to take him to the hospital, Orlando falls dazed down a flight of stairs and passes out while driving to the hospital. Once there, the doctors can no longer do anything for Orlando and have to inform the shaken Marina of his death. From now on she is mainly treated with contempt and distrust. The doctor in charge ignores Marina's relationship with the deceased. He has a police officer record her personal details, in which she is still listed with her real name "Daniel" and only adheres to family members. In shock, Marina runs away from the hospital and wanders through the streets before being picked up by a police patrol and brought back.

As a result, Orlando's family behaves hostile to Marina, with the exception of Orlando's brother Gabo, who shows understanding for the relationship. Orlando's adult son Bruno is openly violent, wants her out of his father's apartment and steals their German shepherd. Orlando's ex-wife Sonia, who has an adolescent daughter with him, confiscates the deceased's car. She considers the connection to Marina to be pure perversion and forbids her to attend the funeral mass and funeral. Marina also comes into conflict with the detective, Adriana, who suspects a possible sexual crime behind Orlando's death and her sudden disappearance from the hospital. Marina hadn't shown up in time for the interrogation and had forgotten to report Orlando's fall down the stairs. Marina receives only support from her sister, her husband and her singing teacher, while Orlando appears to her as a ghost several times from a distance.

When Marina appears at Orlando's funeral mass against Sonia's will, she is kidnapped a short time later by Bruno and two other men in the car. She is tied up with duct tape, harassed by the men, and pushed out of the car. The shocked Marina takes refuge in a disco, sex with men and her fantasy before she begins to fight for her right to grief.

A key found in Orlando's belongings leads Marina by chance into a sauna, where she half-naked as a "man" gains access to the men's locker room. Orlando's locker is empty, however.

She finds out which graveyard Orlando will be buried in. Missing the funeral, she makes a scene for Bruno and Sonia before the spirit of Orlando leads them into the crematorium. There she can say goodbye to her lover.

Months later, Marina found a small apartment with the recovered dog. At the end she stands on the concert stage and interprets Handel's opera aria Ombra mai fu to perfection .

reception

The main actors Francisco Reyes and Daniela Vega with director Sebastián Lelio at the Berlinale 2017 (from left to right)

After the Berlinale premiere, A Fantastic Woman was praised by the specialist critics and considered one of the favorites for the main prize. The film cut in international criticism mirrors the British trade magazine Screen International from all competition films together with On the Beach at Night Alone by Hong Sang-soo third best from (each 3.0 stars out of four possible), behind the other side of the hope of Aki Kaurismäki (3.7 stars) as well as the Chinese cartoon Hao ji le (3.3 stars) and even before the later Golden Bear winner Body and Soul by Ildikó Enyedi (2.7 stars).

synchronization

The film was set to music by Christa Kistner Synchronproduktion based on a dialogue book and directed by Beate Klöckner.

role actor Voice actor
Marina Vidal Daniela Vega Tino Mewes
Orlando Onetto Francisco Reyes Helmut Gauss
Gabo Luis Gnecco Robert Missler
Sonia Aline Kuppenheim Sabine Arnhold
Bruno Nicólas Saavedra Matthias Deutelmoser
Adriana Amparo Noguera Silke Matthias

Awards

A fantastic woman won 16 film and festival awards between 2017 and 2018 , including the award for the best foreign language film at the 2018 Academy Awards . This was the first time a contribution from Chile was awarded. The film was nominated for 28 other awards (including the Golden Globe Award and the Critics' Choice Movie Award for best foreign language film).

A selection of the prizes and awards won:

Web links

Commons : A fantastic woman  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Release for A Fantastic Woman . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 169639 / K). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ Grater, Tom: Berlin: 'The Other Side Of Hope' tops Screen's final jury grid at screendaily.com, February 20, 2017 (accessed March 16, 2017).
  3. ↑ German synchronous index: German synchronous index | Movies | A fantastic woman. Retrieved June 29, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Awards at imdb.com (accessed March 5, 2018).
  5. ↑ Le Palmarès des Swann D'Or 2017 at festival-cabourg.com (accessed September 11, 2017).
  6. ↑ DRAMAqueen USERaward 2017 - Top 30 at QUEERmdb.de (accessed on May 29, 2018).