Sooner or Later (2007)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Sooner or later |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2007 |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ulrike von Ribbeck |
| script |
Katharina Held Ulrike von Ribbeck |
| production |
Steffi Ackermann Beatrice Kramm |
| music | Martin Hossbach |
| camera | Sonja Rome |
| cut | Natali Barrey |
| occupation | |
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Sooner or later is a German film drama by Ulrike von Ribbeck from 2007.
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Nora is 14 years old and at the beginning of puberty . At a party with friends of her parents, she stays aloof until the attractive actor Thomas suddenly appears. He is greeted cautiously by Nora's parents Uwe and Anette; Nora makes him dance with her, which her father Uwe dislikes. Thomas moved into the direct neighborhood of Nora's family. Nora now visits him more and more often, begins to put on make-up and put her hair up. The tensions between her parents - Anette is currently in her second degree, while Uwe's dream of successfully selling tailor-made kitchens seems to be slowly bursting - make Nora mentally take refuge in Thomas. She often watches him from her room.
Thomas' wife Ellen offers Nora to look after her young son from time to time. Nora reluctantly agrees and uses the time alone in Thomas' house to search his belongings. In the end, she lies down on the marriage bed in one of his shirts and tucks the shirt when Thomas surprisingly comes home early. She looks at photos with him, both drink alcohol and finally brotherhood. When she admits that she would like to be more beautiful, he compliments her. At home, Nora later builds a "Thomas shrine" in her closet with the stolen shirt. Uwe, who notices Nora's crush on Thomas, warns his daughter that there are people who chase girls. Nevertheless, one day Nora Thomas agrees to go to the lake with him and his son. Here Thomas von Nora takes pictures in a bikini. When he touches her, she flees from him into the water. Thomas downplays the situation. Uwe, Anette, their sister Isa and Nora are invited to a welcome dinner by Thomas' wife Ellen shortly afterwards. The situation is tense and Uwe and Thomas in particular can't stand each other. Nora pretends to go to the bathroom, but instead goes to Thomas' bedroom. Here she finds photos in a box showing Thomas and Anette together. Ellen discovers Nora shortly afterwards in the bedroom and throws her out. As there was a loud argument between Uwe and Thomas at the dinner table, the two families split up shortly afterwards. Uwe returns to Thomas late in the evening and tells him to keep his hands off Nora, but Thomas mocks him for his sick imagination.
Anette has meanwhile started an affair with her fellow student Daniel, but separates from him when he becomes too demanding and even wants to go on vacation with her. Uwe is at the end of his career because his partner has sold the joint kitchen company behind his back. He steals the contract, funds and a gun from the store, and Nora watches as he hides the gun at home. Nora seeks out Thomas and, when asked, he admits that he used to be with her mother. When she asked what would happen to her and him, he didn't answer and Nora ran away. In the evening, her parents give a party for friends. Uwe's partner appears and makes him return the contract documents to him. Surprisingly, the drunken Thomas also appears at the party. When Uwe is told to leave, he scorns and both men start a fight. Suddenly Nora stands in front of them with the loaded gun and shoots Thomas. Then she runs away and plunges into a pond. Uwe and Anette will look for them in vain until morning. Nora sleeps on the beach that night. The next morning she returns home. Her parents are sitting in the garden sunk in sorrow and do not notice her when she steps out onto the terrace.
production
Sooner or later the film was shot in Berlin and the surrounding area from August 8th to September 12th, 2006. The costumes created Bettina White , the Filmbauten come from Ina Timmerberg .
The film premiered on August 5, 2007 at the 60th Locarno International Film Festival , where it was also screened in competition. The German-language premiere was on October 25, 2007 at the Hof International Film Festival . The film was also shown at the 2008 Berlinale as part of the German Cinema series . On January 30, 2009, the film was shown on arte for the first time on German television.
Sooner or later it was Ulrike von Ribbeck's debut feature film, who had previously made short films. The film was also her graduation film at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin. She had already presented the script in 2005 at the Atelier de la Cinéfondation at the Cannes International Film Festival . In addition, sooner or later was the screen debut of Lola Klamroth, who took on the lead role. At the time of shooting, she was 14 or 15 years old and stood in front of the camera with her father Peter Lohmeyer .
criticism
The film-dienst called the film over-constructed and found that “the many points of conflict […] obscure the view of the real problems of the dysfunctional model family.” The TV Spielfilm called the film a “sensitively told story of puberty”.
Awards
At the Locarno International Film Festival, Ulrike von Ribbeck was nominated for a Golden Leopard for Sooner or Later . In 2008 Lola Klamroth received a nomination for the Undine Award for best film debutante. In 2010 she was nominated for the Günter Strack Television Award for Best Young Actress.
Web links
- Sooner or later, in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Sooner or later at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ See sooner or later on berlinale.de
- ↑ See Ulrike von Ribbeck on anotherstory.de ( memento of the original from February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ulrike von Ribbeck on firststeps.de
- ↑ Sooner or later. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ See sooner or later on tvspielfilm.de
- ↑ Sooner or later on firststeps.de, accessed on January 23, 2014.
- ↑ Günter Strack TV Prize - The nominees have been chosen , May 11, 2010.
