Back in summer

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Movie
German title Back in summer
Original title Fireflies in the Garden
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2008
Age rating FSK 12
JMK 10
Rod
Director Dennis Lee
script Dennis Lee
production Sukee Chew ,
Vanessa Coifman ,
Marco Weber
music Jane Antonia Cornish
camera Daniel Moder
cut Dede Allen ,
Robert Brakey
occupation

Back in the Summer (Original title: Fireflies in the Garden ) is an American drama from 2008 . Directed by Dennis Lee , who, inspired by a poem by Robert Frost , also wrote the screenplay.

action

Writer Michael Taylor travels to his hometown in the American Midwest for a family celebration . There he learns that his mother Lisa died in an accident. Michael argues again with his father Charles, who dominates the family.

In flashbacks years are shown past events, Michael remembered. One summer, Jane Lawrence visited her older sister Lisa, who was toying with the idea of ​​leaving her husband.

In the end, Michael learns that his ex-wife is pregnant. He destroys the earlier manuscript of the book about his childhood.

backgrounds

The production of the film was funded by Senator Entertainment . The film was in Austin ( Texas ) in Bastrop (Texas) and Smithville turned (Texas) in the spring of 2007.

The world premiere took place on February 12, 2008 at the Berlinale 2008 . In contrast to the original title, the glowworms (English fireflies ) do not appear in the German title. The film opened in German cinemas on August 7, 2008.

Reviews

Dave McNary wrote on February 8, 2007 in the online edition of Variety magazine that Dennis Lee , who won an Oscar for his short film Jesus Henry Christ , which he shot while studying at university, had processed his own experiences in the film. The film addresses the "complexity of love and devotion in a family confronted with an unexpected tragedy" . ( "Semiautobiographical story centers on the complexities of love and commitment in a family torn apart when faced by an unexpected tragedy." )

Tatiana Siegel described the then planned film in The Hollywood Reporter on February 9, 2007 as an "ensemble drama" .

Carolin Ströbele wrote on February 14, 2008 in the online edition of the newspaper Die Zeit that the film was “a bland strip” . It was announced “as a great family epic” , but it turned out to be “a collection of meaningless encounters” . It does not hold "the slightest family abyss" ; the “shallows announced in the film” are “at best puddles” . “Not even actors like Emily Watson and Willem Dafoe” manage to “give their woodcut-like characters even a touch of liveliness” . Julia Roberts plays "as always herself" - "pretty bloodless, like the whole film" .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Age rating for Back in Summer . Youth Media Commission .
  2. ↑ www.uncut.at, accessed on January 31, 2008
  3. ↑ Pretty Woman and Trinity watch "Fireflies in the Garden" ( Memento March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 20, 2018.
  4. ↑ a b Senator to light 'Fireflies' Roberts, Moss starring in Weber production ( Memento of October 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) in Variety of February 8, 2007, accessed on January 31, 2008
  5. ^ Entry in the New York Times film database , accessed January 31, 2008
  6. ↑ Fireflies in the Garden filming locations, accessed January 31, 2008
  7. ↑ Box office results for Fireflies in the Garden, accessed January 31, 2008
  8. ↑ Fireflies in the Garden premiere dates, accessed August 21, 2008
  9. ↑ Roberts, Moss chase 'Fireflies' ( May 1, 2007 memento on the Internet Archive ) in The Hollywood Reporter, February 9, 2007, accessed January 31, 2008
  10. ^ Film review by Carolin Ströbele, accessed on February 14, 2008