Presented (2018)

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Movie
Original title For free
Country of production Austria
original language German
Publishing year 2018
length 90 minutes
Rod
Director Daniel Prochaska
script Stefan Hafner ,
Thomas Weingartner
production Thomas Hroch ,
Gerald Podgornig
music Stefan Bernheimer
camera Matthias Pötsch
cut Alarich Lenz
occupation

The gift is an Austrian film comedy from the ORF television film series Stadtkomödie from 2018 by Daniel Prochaska with Thomas Stipsits , Tristan Göbel and Julia Koschitz in the leading roles. The script by Stefan Hafner and Thomas Weingartner is based on the story of the same name by Daniel Glattauer from 2014. The premiere took place on October 31, 2018 at the Biberacher Film Festival , where the film was invited to the competition for the debut feature film Biber.

The Austrian premiere took place on December 12, 2018 at the Cinema Paradiso in St. Pölten , where the film was largely shot. The film was shown for the first time on ORF on December 22, 2018, and in the first , the film was broadcast for the first time on December 18, 2019 as part of FilmWittwoch .

action

Gerold "Gerry" Plassek works as a journalist for the regional newspaper "Tag für Tag" in St. Pölten. He has a drinking problem and has lost his zest for life, is an outspoken cynic and only ever does what is necessary to make ends meet. He spends a large part of his free time with his friends Sammy and Campari in Zoltan's bar.

One day he is supposed to take care of the 14-year-old Manuel Berner, the son of Alice Berner, an old friend while she is abroad for Doctors Without Borders . In addition, an anonymous benefactor donates large sums to those charitable organizations that Plassek's newspaper articles deal with. In a video conference, Alice Gerry confesses that Manuel is his son. With his son and the series of donations, Plassek is given another task.

Gerry accompanies Manuel to a party of his friend Machi, where he meets again Rebecca Fessler, Manuel's teacher, whom Plassek fell in love with at first sight when they met at school, and she tells him that she gives voluntary German lessons. Gerry reports in an article about her project "Tea with Hope", whereupon it is financially supported by the anonymous donor. As a thank you, she invites him to dinner. The two end up drunk in her bed, where he confesses his love to her and she falls asleep in his arms. The next day she tells him that she can't remember the night.

Manuel asks Gerold to do something about his alcohol problem. Manuel also tells him that his friend Machi and his family have gone into hiding because of imminent deportation. Manuel asks Gerry to write an article about it. The pastor, where the family has found shelter, would need a donation to pay the legal fees. Plassek learned from Nora Kunz from the editorial team of “Tag für Tag” that for political and economic reasons no refugee articles were printed in her paper. Plassek then submitted his resignation and started a video blog . Meanwhile, Manuel, with the support of Rebecca, starts a successful fundraising campaign for Machi's family and Gerold sets up a place for Machi's family in his apartment.

Rebecca admits to Gerold that, contrary to what she originally said, she can remember every detail of their night together, and a relationship develops between the two. Manuel Gerold also confesses that he knows that he is his father. In an email, the anonymous donor informed Plassek that he would like to support alcoholics with his last donation, also to calm his guilty conscience. Plassek arranges a meeting with the donor in Zoltan's bar, where Gerold is waiting for him to thank him for changing his life. When Zoltan wanted to close the bar for curfew, Gerold noticed that both Zoltan and the donor had used the term "donor" and Gerold thanks Zoltan.

production

One of the locations: the town hall square in St. Pölten

The shooting took place from January 8, 2018 to February 5, 2018 in Lower Austria and Vienna . The shooting locations were predominantly in St. Pölten , with the shooting at Rathausplatz , in front of the train station , in the government district and on the roof of the main building of the Leiner furniture store .

The film was produced by Mona Film , the Austrian and Bavarian broadcasters were involved, and the production was supported by the state of Lower Austria . Wolfgang Wanderer was responsible for the sound, Verena Wagner for the production design, Elisabeth Fritsche for the costumes and Kiky Von Rebental and Andrea Soiron for the mask.

The film is the directorial debut of Daniel Prochaska , who was previously active as a film editor . The film features excerpts from the songs "Des kann do no ned ollas gwesn" and "Loch amoi" ​​by Georg Danzer and "Eh ok" by the band Granada .

music

reception

Tilmann P. Gangloff from tittelbach.tv wrote that the plot would initially sound like the usual " Suddenly Papa " story. The film is a very Austrian film that takes no account of German sensitivities; some of the dialogues would be seriously incorrectly politically correct. Even after its purification, the main character only invites identification to a limited extent, but that's precisely why it's great fun. Prochaska tell the story with great attention to ironic detail. The small breaks in combination with the depressing color scheme and a defiant melancholy reminded of the mood that Ludwig Hirsch spread with his songs.

Wilfried Geldner found in the Weser Kurier that the character traits of a journalist who is disappointed in life may be more sensitive and ironic in the novel. Everything in the film has now turned into a black, humorous, pre-Christmas comedy with a lot of cynicism. You don't have to know that the idea for the film goes back to the miracle of Braunschweig , it tends to flatten the story and tell it afterwards. Much more exciting is the father-and-son game by Stipsits and Göbel, which fluctuates between benevolence and hate. Despite its Christmas sugar, this city comedy digs its way into the trench of a rousing misanthropist with a lot of cynicism and humor.

Arnold Hohmann said in the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung that the film for Daniel Prochaska's directorial debut had become an astonishingly safe production. From an Austrian productions in particular, one expects less emotion, rather an oblique look at reality, spiced with plenty of abuse . All of this can be made up for after the previously broadcast “Suddenly Papa” film The best papa in the world in the tragic comedy “Gift”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biberach Film Festival: Free . Retrieved November 11, 2018.
  2. ↑ Mona Film: Applause for "Gift"! . Article dated November 2, 2018, accessed November 11, 2018.
  3. ↑ a b St. Pölten on the screen: "Gift" in the cinema . Article dated November 11, 2018, accessed November 11, 2018.
  4. ↑ Two new ORF city comedies from December 22nd on ORF eins . OTS notification dated November 15, 2018, accessed November 16, 2018.
  5. ↑ Mona Film: Start of shooting for "Gift" . Article from January 11, 2018, accessed on November 11, 2018.
  6. ↑ (x05) For free - ORF city comedy. In: Wishlist.de . Retrieved October 31, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Mona Film: Free . Retrieved November 11, 2018.
  8. ↑ Free from crew united . Retrieved November 11, 2018.
  9. ↑ orf.at: Thomas Stipsits and Julia Koschitz shoot the St. Pölten ORF city comedy "Gift" . Retrieved November 11, 2018.
  10. ↑ orf.at: St. Pölten ORF city comedy "Gift" with Stipsits, Göbel and Koschitz . Retrieved November 11, 2018.
  11. ↑ a b Tilmann P. Gangloff : TV film "Gift". In: tittelbach.tv . Retrieved November 23, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Wilfried Geldner: A writing misanthrope makes people happy. In: Weser Courier . November 22, 2019, accessed November 23, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Arnold Hohmann: "Gift" in the ARD: Away from the sugar wave. In: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung . December 19, 2019, accessed December 20, 2019 .