One of Us (2015)

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Movie
Original title One of us
Country of production Austria
original language German
Publishing year 2015
length 88 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
JMK 12
Rod
Director Stephan Richter
script Stephan Richter
production Arash T. Riahi ,
Karin C. Berger
music Maja Osojnik ,
Matija Schellander
camera Enzo Brandner
cut Andreas Wodraschke ,
Julia Drack
occupation

One of us is an Austrian film drama by Stephan Richter , which premiered on September 18, 2015 at the San Sebastián Film Festival and was released in Austrian cinemas on November 20, 2015. The film was produced with the support of the Austrian Film Institute ( ÖFI ) and the Vienna Film Fund ( FFW ) and was also funded by the ORF Film / Television Agreement, Film Location Austria (FISA) and Kultur Niederösterreich. After the film was awarded the Max Ophüls Prize 2016 at the 37th Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival , it was also shown at the 2016 Berlinale . The film was released in German cinemas on November 24, 2016.

action

In an industrial suburb in Austria, the merX shop is the only social meeting point for the residents of the place and, despite boring loudspeaker announcements, annoying customer surveys and humming cleaning machines, the only opportunity for young people to get together. But the supermarket manager and some overzealous police officers are only too happy to spoil the teenagers' hanging out. The lively 14-year-old Julian gets to know the two-year-old outsider Marko, with whom he gets along well straight away, because they are united by their hatred of suburban life. The two adolescents come into conflict with the adapted stasis that shapes the adult world; They don't want to be intimidated by the supermarket administration, they cross a border on a summer night and plan to break into the supermarket - one of the boys is killed in the process.

background

Stephan Richter's feature film debut was inspired by actual incidents in which a 14-year-old was shot by a police officer on August 5, 2009 while breaking into a Merkur market in Krems an der Donau at night . As a result of this incident, an officer was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment for negligent homicide in particularly dangerous circumstances, and the legality of the use of firearms in Austria was heatedly discussed. Columnist Michael Jeannée's comment in the Kronen Zeitung , “Those who are old enough to break in are also old enough to die”, was voted Unspruch of the Year in a different form in 2009 for the Austrian Word of the Year .

reception

Age rating

The film is FSK 12 in Germany. The statement of reasons for the release states: “The story of emptiness, consumption and powerless rebellion is told in a calm and atmospheric way. The staging focuses on the protagonists and the location of the supermarket. The gloomy mood and individual depictions of violence can emotionally overwhelm children under the age of 12, but already 12-year-olds are able to put them into context and process them. "

Reviews

Even if one of us is not a classic youth film, it tells about young people and is told from their perspective. The viewer can watch them make their fateful decisions. Richter directed the film without a raised index finger. The Viennale speaks of Eine von uns of a special film and of a calm, precise and dense narrative that is a little sensation in Austrian cinema. The employees of the Kino macht Schule (from the film distribution film shop ) describe Richter's work as credible and inspired and offer accompanying materials to the film.

Use in school lessons

In November 2016, One of Us was presented by kinofenster.de as “Film of the Month”. The online portal also offers materials on the film for use in lessons. Angela Sirch writes there that everyone is looking for a way out of the dreariness in the film: “Some numb themselves with alcohol, others sink into great silence and the young people really just want to scream. But it is precisely the silence of the film that makes these suppressed screams all the more noticeable. The cycle of consumption and boredom goes on forever and only seems to come to a standstill due to a tragic event. "Richter succeeds in not judging the protagonists and he refrains from blaming, because every figure is a product of its oppressive environment, so Sirch on.

Awards

  • One of us was shown in the official competition at the 37th Max Ophüls Preis 2016 film festival and was awarded the 2016 Max Ophüls Prize.
  • At the 63rd San Sebastián Film Festival , the film was nominated for the Kutxa Award in the New Directors section .
  • At the Zurich Film Festival 2015, the film was nominated for the Golden Eye as best film with a focus on Switzerland-Germany-Austria .
  • As part of the 2016 Austrian Film Award ceremony , Christopher Schärf was honored in the Best Male Supporting Role category on January 20th . Markus Schleinzer was also nominated in this category. In addition, One of Us was nominated for Best Feature Film , Enzo Brandner for Best Cinematography and Andreas Wodraschke and Julia Drack for Best Editing .
  • Diagonale Prize 2016 in the category of innovative production services to Golden Girls Filmproduktion

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for one of us . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 162895 / K). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ Age rating for one of us . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ↑ filminstitut.at: One of us . Retrieved November 30, 2016.
  4. ↑ a b c One of us In: kinomachtschule.at. (PDF)
  5. ↑ One of Us In: zff.com. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  6. ↑ One of us In: berlinale.de. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
  7. ↑ One of us In: one of us . At
  8. ^ Austrian youth drama in San Sebastian In: kurier.at, July 30, 2015.
  9. ↑ derStandard.at - Shot in the back for trust . Article dated October 13, 2009, accessed November 7, 2015.
  10. ↑ derStandard.at - "Audimaxismus" is the Austrian word of the year 2009 . Article dated December 10, 2009, accessed November 7, 2015.
  11. ^ Reason for release for one of us In: Voluntary self-control of the film industry. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  12. ↑ One of us In: viennale.at. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  13. ↑ One of us. In: kinofenster.de.
  14. ↑ Angela Sirch: One of us. In: kinofenster.de.
  15. ↑ Feature film competition ( Memento of the original from December 31, 2015 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. In: max-ophuels-preis.de. Accessed December 31, 2015.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.max-ophuels-preis.de
  16. ↑ Film: Austrian youth drama wins Max-Ophüls In: Focus Online, January 23, 2016.
  17. ^ Sections and Films. Nominations in the 'New Directors' competition: One of us In: sansebastianfestival.com. Accessed December 31, 2015.
  18. ↑ Nominations in the competition In: zff.s3.amazonaws.com. Accessed December 31, 2015 (PDF)
  19. ↑ Austrian Film Prize: 'Ich seh Ich seh' big winner In: derstandard.at, January 20, 2016.
  20. ↑ Nominations for the Austrian Film Prize 2016 In: Austrian Film Academy. Accessed December 31, 2015 (PDF; 40 kB)