Florence Foster Jenkins (film)

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Movie
German title Florence Foster Jenkins
Original title Florence Foster Jenkins
Country of production United Kingdom , France
original language English
Publishing year 2016
length 110 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
JMK 0
Rod
Director Stephen Frears
script Nicholas Martin
production Michael Kuhn ,
Tracey Seaward
music Alexandre Desplat
camera Danny Cohen
cut Valerio Bonelli
occupation

Florence Foster Jenkins is a British-French biography from 2016 about the amateur singer of the same name . Directed by Stephen Frears and based on a screenplay by Nicholas Martin , Meryl Streep starred as Florence Foster Jenkins. The actor Hugh Grant and Simon Helberg, well-known from the sitcom The Big Bang Theory, took on other leading roles .

The film premiered on April 12, 2016 and was released in Germany on November 24, 2016.

action

New York City in 1944: Florence Foster Jenkins is heir to millions and respected patron of the New York classical music scene. Out of her enthusiasm for music, however, she urges to perform as a singer herself, for which she is unfortunately hopelessly gifted. Her husband, St. Clair Bayfield, supports her and acts as her manager. It's strange that Jenkins and Bayfield don't live under the same roof. Jenkins contracted syphilis from her first husband , which is why the couple have a platonic marriage. Bayfield lives in another apartment with his lover, Kathleen Weatherley.

Florence hires pianist Cosmé McMoon and hires a singing teacher from the Metropolitan Opera to bring her voice into shape. McMoon is almost breathtaking when he hears Florence sing for the first time with her shrill and tinny voice that practically never hits the right note. However, he is amazed to find that her singing teacher and Bayfield praise her voice in the highest tones - albeit with discreetly ambiguous formulations. Both urge him to never criticize Florence's voice.

Finally, Bayfield arranged an appearance for Florence after a long absence from the stage. During the show, many of the guests have to hold back their laughter, and it becomes clear that most of those in attendance consider them to be a laughing stock. However, since many of the guests are members of the generously endowed Verdi Club , founded by Florence , the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Florence then records a record which she gives away to the members of the Verdi Club . She also gives McMoon a record and tells him that as a child she was a good piano player and even played for the US President . Due to a nervous disease, however, she had to give up playing the piano. McMoon understands that Florence is not as unmusical as he initially thought.

Florence and McMoon get along better and better and write songs together. After one of her recordings was heard on the radio, Florence became very popular. However, she is popular with listeners not because of her operatic voice, but because you find her arias extremely funny.

Florence is happy about her success as a singer. She reserves Carnegie Hall for one evening , where she will give a concert and give away 1,000 tickets to soldiers . Bayfield, who wants to save his wife from public embarrassment, tries to talk her out of the matter, but is unsuccessful. Before the concert he gets more and more restless and even gets into a scuffle with a group of men who are listening to a record by Florence in a bar and making fun of it. Because Bayfield has little time for Kathleen and acts obsessively to save Florence from a disaster, she leaves him. In a conversation between McMoon and Bayfield, McMoon admits that he is afraid for his career should he perform with Florence at Carnegie Hall . Bayfield explains that he once gave up his acting career to support his wife. As a friend, he asks McMoon to do the same that McMoon finally agrees to do.

The hall is sold out on the evening of the concert. Personalities like Cole Porter and Tallulah Bankhead are also among the visitors. Florence starts singing and the veterans present start laughing and hooting loudly. A young woman who couldn't stop giggling even on her first visit to a Florence concert, however, resolutely quiets the hall. The highlight of the show is Florence's famous interpretation of the aria "Queen of the Night" from Mozart's Magic Flute . Now the audience applauds and even cheers Florence. Only the critic of the New York Post has had enough of the show and announces that Bayfield is leaving the concert hall to write the "truth" in his newspaper.

Bayfield and McMoon do everything they can to avoid Florence seeing the slavery in the New York Post . They buy up every single issue in the area and throw the leaves in the trash. However, after a group of enthusiastic young men approach Florence about the newspaper criticism and praise her comic talent, Florence looks for a number of the newspaper and finally finds one in the trash can. She reads the report about her performance, is deeply affected and collapses.

As Florence lies on her deathbed, she imagines herself singing an operatic aria perfectly and beautifully as an angel. In her dreams, she, McMoon and Bayfield stand on a stage and bow to an applauding audience. She explains to Bayfield, who is sitting by her bed, that while people can say that she couldn't sing, they can't say that she didn't sing. With these words, she falls asleep peacefully.

production

The film was produced by Qwerty Films, Pathé Pictures International and the BBC . The film had a budget of approximately $ 19 million . The film was shot exclusively in Great Britain, London , Wirral and Liverpool from May to July 2015. Florence Foster Jenkins celebrated its premiere in Belfast on April 23, 2016.

Awards

The film received multiple nominations for the Critics' Choice Movie Award , the Satellite Award , the British Academy Film Award , the Screen Actors Guild Award , the Golden Globe Award, and for an Oscar . Simon Helberg was nominated for the Santa Barbara International Film Festival Award. Hugh Grant was nominated for the European Film Awards for Best Actor .

Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2016

Satellite Awards 2016

British Academy Film Awards 2017

Screen Actors Guild Awards 2017

Golden Globe Awards 2017

  • Nomination for Best Film - Comedy / Musical
  • Nomination for Best Actor - Comedy / Musical ( Hugh Grant )
  • Nomination for Best Actress - Comedy / Musical ( Meryl Streep )
  • Nomination for Best Supporting Actor ( Simon Helberg )

Academy Awards 2017

reception

The film received positive reviews from critics. He is listed on Rotten Tomatoes with a rating of 86% based on 175 reviews and an average rating of 7/10. Metacritic rates the film 71 out of 100, based on 41 reviews. The critics particularly praised Meryl Streep's performance as Florence Foster Jenkins.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Florence Foster Jenkins . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ Age rating for Florence Foster Jenkins . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ↑ Florence Foster Jenkins at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
  4. ↑ Florence Foster Jenkins at Metacritic (English)