Once as I want
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Once as I want |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2005 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Vivian Naefe |
| script | Gabriela Sperl |
| production | Gabriela Sperl, Nico Hofmann |
| music | Dieter Schleip |
| camera | Peter Döttling |
| cut |
Sandy Saffeels , Esther Winkler |
| occupation | |
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Once as I want is a German TV film by Vivian Naefe with Senta Berger and Götz George from 2005.
action
The married couple Emma and Ferdinand Bauer are on vacation in South Africa . But even there, entrepreneur Ferdinand can only think of doing business. In a small town they are involved in a car accident, with Ferdinand getting off the road and driving into a shop. While he, Emma, and even the car are unharmed, the store's window is destroyed. Without paying for the damage, Ferdinand wants to drive back to the hotel immediately. On the way he and Emma get into an argument. Outraged by her husband's arrogant behavior, Emma gets out of the car and walks back to the small town with her suitcase, where she apologizes to the owner of the shop and pays her the damage. The owner, a German named Marnie Schlesinger, emigrated to South Africa with her father John many years ago. John had fallen in love with the ostrich farm owner Betty at the time. Since Betty's death, John has run the farm alone. However, the ostrich farm is far from being profitable, which is why John is already in debt. When investors want to build a golf course on his property, the sale of the farm seems inevitable.
While Ferdinand arrives at the hotel, Emma temporarily finds modest accommodation with the taciturn and solitary John. As they get to know each other better, she wants to help him and Marnie make the farm profitable again. She suggests using the farm as a tourist attraction, which John doesn't like at all. He is also upset that Marnie wants to marry Betty's brother Henry, the owner of the neighboring farm.
Meanwhile Ferdinand tries again and again to reach Emma by phone. John finally reports to Ferdinand, who is supposed to pick up his wife again. When Ferdinand arrives with them, Emma refuses to go with him. She wants to start a new life in Africa. Then John shows her the area. However, when the first tourists want to visit the ostrich farm, John stands up again, which is why Emma, disappointed, packs her things and leaves first on foot, later by bus. John follows her and stops the bus, whereupon Emma comes back to him. They spend the following night together. Nevertheless, Emma decides to go back to Germany. At Christmas she arrives in her wintry home. When she is having dinner with her son Markus and Ferdinand, John calls and tells her that he misses her. Six months later, Emma is still thinking about John. He is convinced that she will return to him. As he tends to an ostrich, he looks up at the sky and sees an aircraft approaching for landing.
background
For once as I want , Götz George and Senta Berger worked together for the second time after they stood on the stage together for a production of Georg Büchner's Danton's death at the Salzburg Festival in 1981 . Senta Berger's son Luca Verhoeven also plays her son in the film.
The shooting took place in Munich and South Africa . The world premiere took place on September 24, 2004 at the Hamburg Film Festival . On April 1, 2005, the film was shown on TV for the first time on ARTE .
Reviews
According to the lexicon of international films , the "completely predictable, clichéd plot [...] hardly offers any tension". The film is "despite all the inevitability" nevertheless a "pleasure" - thanks to "Senta Berger and Götz George, who easily get over all the jerks of the script and pass the balls to each other with minimal gestures".
For Prisma was once the way I want a "routine in scene set comedy" that convince "especially by the strong ensemble cast" by "credible interpreted the delicate ties and associated adversity" it.
TV Spielfilm found that director Vivian Naefe and screenwriter Gabriela Sperl "had cleverly avoided all the puddles of lard until the original finale". "Perfect" goes with the actor ensemble, "which shines with small gestures instead of big appearances". In short, it is an "Africa romance for heart and brain".
TV Movie attested the film "[s] sparkling dialogues" and "great locations".
Web links
- Once as I want in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Once as I want at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Once as I want. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Once as I want. In: prisma.de. prisma-Verlag , accessed on September 4, 2017 .
- ↑ cf. tvspielfilm.de
- ↑ cf. tvmovie.de ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
