A strange career
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | A strange career |
| Original title | Une étrange affaire |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1981 |
| length | 105 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Pierre Granier-Deferre |
| script |
Christopher Frank Pierre Granier-Deferre Jean-Marc Roberts |
| production | Alain Sarde |
| music | Philippe Sarde |
| camera | Etienne Becker |
| cut | Isabel García de Herreros |
| occupation | |
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A Strange Career , TV title A Strange Story , is a 1981 French literary film adaptation by Pierre Granier-Deferre .
action
Louis Coline is married to the young Nina and has been working as an assistant to Gérard Doutre in the advertising department of the Magasins department store for two years . The department hardly brings any results, but nobody cares. Louis prefers to spend his time playing poker and horse racing. When the company boss dies of cancer, everyone knows that the new guy will change things. Rumors soon pile up about the ominous new boss Bertrand Malair, who nobody knows what he looks like, where he is currently, what he has done so far and when he will come to the company. On a day when Louis overslept, Bertrand is waiting for him in his office, introducing himself to him and agreeing that at the official welcome round they will pretend they have never met. Louis sticks to the agreement, but Bertrand lets him run. For the next few hours, Louis is certain that he will be released. His fears seem to come true when he and Doutre are moved to a small office together, while Bertrand's confidants François Lingre and Paul Belais move into their previous rooms.
To Louis' surprise, Bertrand soon asks him for a one-on-one interview and makes it clear to him that he sees him as head of the advertising department, although Doutre will continue to receive a higher salary. Bertrand, François and Paul involve Louis more and more intensively in their working life, alternating between duping and rewarding. Due to the high workload, but also spontaneous trips to clubs, Louis spends less and less time with his wife, but also with his mother and the very old grandmother. He defends his workload and the cuts in his private life in front of Nina. He cannot refuse Bertrand's demands and so he allows Bertrand and François to spend the night in his apartment one day because Bertrand is renovating. Because they occupy the family's bedroom for a second night, Nina rebels. When she wants to throw them both out of the apartment, Louis holds them back. Nina packs her things and moves in with a friend.
Bertrand and François move out of the apartment after a few days, but Louis is in no hurry to talk to Nina. Only Nina's friend makes it clear to her that she should return to Louis. Louis, in turn, spends the time in Bertrand's apartment. He and François don't work, we spend the night there - always ready to be woken up by Bertrand when he needs them. Nina realizes that Louis has not changed and leaves him for good. Louis reports it to Bertrand, who reacts indifferently. Louis throws himself into work; It wasn't until late that he found out that his beloved grandmother had died. At the funeral he sees Nina again. When he praised the fact that Bertrand and François had also appeared for the funeral, she drives away without a word.
Bertrand suddenly disappeared. In a letter to Louis and François, he makes it clear that he wants to turn to new projects. Rumors circulate that he works in Canberra . Louis writes a letter to Nina in which he admits that he has considered a trip to Canberra. He also regularly waits in front of Bertrand's apartment, hoping to see light. In his letter he states that he believes that Bertrand will come back and that he will then want to be there for him because they got along well. After reading the letter, Nina remains confused.
production
A strange career is based on the book Affaires étrangères by Jean-Marc Roberts , who was also involved in the script. The costumes created Fanny Jakubowicz , the Filmbauten come from Dominique André . The film ran on December 23, 1981 in French cinemas, where it was seen by around 677,000 viewers. The film was shown for the first time in the Federal Republic of Germany at the 1982 Berlinale in February 1982; on August 19, 1983, it was shown in German cinemas. The ZDF showed the film under the title A Strange Story on August 15, 1986 for the first time on German television.
synchronization
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Bertrand Malair | Michel Piccoli | Gert Günther Hoffmann |
| Louis Coline | Gérard Lanvin | Sigmar Solbach |
| Nina Coline | Nathalie Baye | Marion Hartmann |
| Francois Lingre | Jean-Pierre Kalfon | Berno from Cramm |
criticism
The film service called a strange career “staged with restraint and cool ...”. The film is an "excellently staged drama about how human behavior can be influenced, about adaptation and self-abandonment, as well as seductiveness through the prospect of career and power." "French cinema as it should be," said Cinema .
Awards
In 1981, Pierre Granier-Deferre received the Louis Delluc Prize for A Strange Career . Gérard Lanvin was awarded the Jean Gabin Prize . At the Berlinale 1982 Michel Piccoli won for his portrayal of Bertrand Malair Silver Bear as Best Actor . Pierre Granier-Deferre was awarded the Berlinale Interfilm Prize. The film also ran in the competition for the Golden Bear .
Nathalie Baye was awarded a César for Best Supporting Actress in 1982. The film received four more César nominations: in the categories of Best Actor (Michel Piccoli), Best Supporting Actor (Gérard Lanvin), Best Director (Pierre Granier-Deferre) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Christopher Frank, Pierre Granier-Deferre, Jean-Marc Roberts).
Web links
- A strange career in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Une étrange affaire on allocine.fr
- ↑ A strange career. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ A strange career. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ See cinema.de