Somebody like Bruno

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Movie
Original title Somebody like Bruno
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 2011
length 100 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Anja Jacobs
script Marc O'Seng
production Alexander Funk , Uwe Schott
music Matthias Klein
camera Daniel Möller
cut Ronny Mattas
occupation

One like Bruno is a German feature film directed by Anja Jacobs . The film celebrated 2 November 2011 its premiere as the opening film at the Biberach Film Festival and was released in Germany on 12 April 2012 found. The feature film is also the cinema debut of director Anja Jacobs. In the production phase, the film was called Babydaddy .

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Thirteen year old Radost lives alone with her father Bruno. Your mother passed away a long time ago. Radost's father has a congenital intelligence weakness and intellectual disability, which makes him more of a playmate in everyday life than a guardian. Nevertheless, the two complement each other well and with practiced tricks they can keep the youth welfare office at a distance. So once again Radost and Bruno are working out a ruse with which they can fool the strict Ms. Corazon from the youth welfare office. Daughter and father practice together so that Bruno looks like a serious father, at least for the duration of the social worker's coffee visit. But basically Bruno and Radost do not need any noteworthy outside help, because Bruno has a job in a supermarket where he stocks the shelves with goods, and Radost, who is very cautious in her class because of her family situation, goes to high school and is a very good student. Her somewhat unusual family constellation is only known to her teachers. Radost's classmates, on the other hand, have no idea about their mentally handicapped father Bruno, which they wish should stay that way.

But with Radost's onset of puberty, the first serious problems become apparent. She would like more freedom and no longer want to spend time with her father Bruno all the time. B. Go to the zoo or play animal guessing games. Radost would rather listen to music, take photos and indulge in her own thoughts - including those of Benny Schmidtbauer, who is new to her class. The amateur guitarist dreams of a career as a musician, and that's not the only reason why he's immediately surrounded by the girls in the class. Radost, with her not-so-fashionable clothes and uncool demeanor, has a hard time getting even the attention of the girl crush. But she's good at math and Benny isn't. Her class teacher, Radost, arranges a tutoring job with Benny. In the afternoon at his parents' modern and cultivated house, free from all thoughts and worries about their father Bruno, Radost discovers how carefree and easy the life of her classmates must feel. The girl begins to look forward to the afternoon tutoring, even if Benny only sees her as a classmate until then.

At the same time, the relationship between Bruno and Radost is deteriorating more and more, which is a burden for both of them. But nobody likes to show it. Bruno confides in his boss with these worries, who understands him. The supermarket manager kindly explains to him that there will be a time when parents and children would not get along very well for a certain period of time, that was simply due to the hormones and puberty. After this conversation, Bruno is calmed down a bit. He instinctively feels the change that his daughter Radost is going through. With his childlike disposition, however, he cannot really adapt to the new, unfamiliar situation and tries with all his might to continue to assert his previous role in Radost's life. With every idea, no matter how dear it is, the gap between his growing up daughter and the always childlike man grows. The whole situation only really gets lost, however, when one day Benny suddenly stands in front of Radost's apartment door. Her father is thrilled to finally get to know a friend of his daughter's and immediately begins to initiate the guest into his favorite game. Benny is supposed to guess the names of animals, while Bruno is in great shape, which Radost is very embarrassing. The next morning she desperately asks him to keep quiet.

A short time later, the class goes on a multi-day trip to the country school home. It is the first time that father and daughter have been separated for so long. While Radost still likes the rainy hikes and, unlike her classmates, can see something positive in everything, chaos breaks out at Bruno at home. At first he sticks to the agreement, sits in front of the television in the evening and is bored with the end of the school camp stay. Then Bruno had the idea of ​​simply visiting his daughter. He gets on the next bus and drives to her. However, Radost is not very enthusiastic about this. Under no circumstances should their classmates, who are slowly becoming friends, see their father. She forces Bruno to get back on the bus and drive home.

After Radost is back home, there is a big row. The more the father and daughter move away from each other, the closer the relationship between Radost and Benny becomes. But the first kiss turns into a real scandal, thanks to Bruno's appearance. The relationship between Bruno and Radost seems to have been destroyed for good. The girl even calls Ms. Corazon from the youth welfare office and complains that she no longer feels like her family situation and no longer wants to be the adult in this relationship. In addition, Benny has not kept silent and has used the approach to Radost to package her life situation with her father in a song called "Babydaddy", which he performs with his band at a live concert. For this purpose, photos of Radost's father are projected onto the wall. The present and drunk Radost interrupts the performance and leaves the concert feeling angry, disappointed and betrayed by Benny. However, in this situation Bruno manages to appease his daughter with his childlike charm. There is a reconciliation between the two of them and Radost accepts her unusual family situation and the responsibility that goes with it towards her father.

Reviews

"That the viewer can laugh and cry despite the difficult topic," says director Jacobs. Somebody like Bruno serves both, but appropriately, not in excess. The great screeching is no more intrusive than the existential drama. Nevertheless it entertains - somehow quite normal. After all, Bruno represents approx. 2-10% of the population - or more, depending on your point of view. "

- cut

“In her feature film based on a book by Marc O. Seng, Anja Jacobs tells a story of love, growing up and letting go, with ease and humor. "Somebody like Bruno" is not always "great cinema", as it was initially conceived as a "little television game". And yet it has a lasting touching power. Actor Christian Ulmen, 37, continues a series of roles that he created with his self-created character Uwe Wöllner and in the series "My New Friend": the exhausting, retarded child-man who does not reach the threshold of growing up wants or can exceed. "

- Germany radio

“It is a matter of opinion whether Ulmen and his game do justice to the behavior of an adult with a weak intelligence. Without a doubt, with his role of the mentally handicapped fluctuating between a lovable child and defiant chaos, he once again impressively demonstrates his versatility, but too often tends to expressive and linguistic exaggerations. Thus the film reaches the funny dimension of the already mentioned series 'My New Friend', which is inappropriate in this context. It would have done a little less. A pleasant counterpoint to this is Lola Dockhorn, who comes across as very personable in her first leading role as a shy and sensitive Radost. Director Anja Jacobs knows how to strike the right note when telling the story of growing up with reversed roles. 'One like Bruno' is neither a problem film for sobbing nor for a quick laugh, but an empathetic youth drama - unfortunately without any rough edges. Due to the rigid dramaturgy, the plot remains largely predictable and also reveals one or the other logical inconsistency. What remains is a thoroughly entertaining tragic comedy, which you can just as easily watch at home on the couch. "

- RTL

The German Film and Media Evaluation FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title valuable.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.mokita.de/blog/2011/10/14/babydaddy-kom-erst-im-april-2012-ins-kino-als-einer-wie-bruno/
  2. ↑ Heiko Martens: One for all. Cut , accessed June 14, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Kirstin Warnke: Who and what does normal mean! - The film "One like Bruno" tells of staying a child and growing up. Deutschlandradio , accessed on June 14, 2012 .
  4. ↑ Timo Steinhaus: Christian Ulmen overshoots the mark: 'One like Bruno'. RTL , accessed on June 14, 2012 .