Good against north wind (film)
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| Original title | Good against north wind |
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| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2019 |
| length | 122 minutes |
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FSK 0 JMK 0 |
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| Director | Vanessa Jopp |
| script | Jane Ainscough |
| production |
Jonas Dornbach Janine Jackowski |
| music | Volker Bertelmann |
| camera | Sten Mende |
| cut | Andrew Bird |
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Gut gegen Nordwind is a German feature film by the director Vanessa Jopp from 2019 . The drama was based on a script by Jane Ainscough and is based on the eponymous novel by the Austrian writer Daniel Glattauer , which was published in 2006 by Deuticke Verlag . It tells of Emma and Leo, portrayed by Nora Tschirner and Alexander Fehling , who met each other by chance via email and, despite their family backgrounds and without ever having seen each other personally, fell in love over time.
The fictional film was produced by Accomplice Film in coproduction with Erfttal Film and Deutsche Columbia Pictures and shot between April and June 2018 in North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein . In addition to Tschirner and Fehling, Ulrich Thomsen , Ella Rumpf , Claudia Eisinger and Lisa Tomaschewsky appeared in front of the camera. The German theatrical release followed on September 12th in Sony Pictures distribution. After its release, the production met with a largely positive response from critics.
action
production
Good against north wind was shot from April 17 to June 20, 2018 in North Rhine-Westphalia and on the North Sea coast of Schleswig-Holstein . Complizen Film took over the production in coproduction with Erfttal Film and Deutsche Columbia Pictures Filmproduktion . Janine Jackowski , Jonas Dornbach and Klaus Dohle appeared as producers ; Markus Reinecke , Martin Bachmann and Eva van Leeuwen acted as co-producers . Tschirner in turn worked as an associate producer. The project received production and distribution funding from the Filmförderungsanstalt , which made 700,000 euros available, and the Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein (FFHSH), which subsidized Gut gegen Nordwind with 190,000 euros. Further funding was provided by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW with around 750.00 euros and the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg with 300,000 euros.
Reviews
Knut Elstermann from MDR Kultur rated Gut gegen Nordwind with four out of five stars in his review and described the production as a “romantic, very well-played film that relies on great emotions, even if they do not arise from the direct encounter here - maybe they are that is precisely why it is all the bigger and more overwhelming ”. Nora Tschirner and Alexander Fehling made “astonishingly believable that a desirable image of the other can emerge from language, solely from a projection of longing.” In addition to the play, he particularly praised Jane Ainscough's “careful script”.
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“Thanks to clever staging and excellent play, a modern love story that is as touching as it is authentic”, judged Oliver Kube in his review for film releases . Tschirner and Fehling succeed in "despite the spatial separation to create an absolutely believable correlation of their characters that touches, empathizes and in some moments even makes the audience feel sorry for". With all the melancholy that the plot and its implementation radiate over long distances with calm camera work, a score determined by rather soft, playful sounds and mostly subdued light, Jopp manages to maintain a certain lightness that illustrates the positive feeling of being in love ". In addition to the two main actors, this is primarily due to screenwriter Jane Ainscough, but also to Andrew Bird's “skillful cuts”.
“Cinema romances usually follow the same disdainful patterns. The film adaptation of the novel Gut gegen Nordwind is a beneficial exception, ”said Christian Horn from the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung . Jopp can rely on her “brilliant love duo” and find “all sorts of creative ways to translate the e-mail novel into film. The many messages are either faded into the picture in a modern way or read from the off. In this way, and through a few symbolic images, a closeness is created between the characters, which is believable even without common scenes. And at the same time there is a twist that gives the plot new spice before the end is perfectly staged again. You get what you pay for and a little more ”.
"With strong actors, except for a short dry spell, a credible implementation succeeds", the Stern sums up . Above all, “the two main actors Fehling and Tschirner ensured credibility. Despite the spatial separation, their looks and facial expressions when reading and writing their messages make it clear that they are close. ”Especially at the beginning of the film,“ with the pointed, dry humor of the e-mails ”. The “first magic of the e-mail dialogue” however vanishes “in the middle of the film. Sometimes monotonous scenes follow in which Emmi and Leo hide behind their laptops and do not want to leave their digital island at all. A decision has to be made: Only at the end does the film pick up speed again when someone interferes in the e-mail traffic and a meeting of seemingly soulmates is imminent - one cannot expect greater tension in a romance via the web ".
success
Gut gegen Nordwind celebrated its world premiere on September 3, 2019 in the Cinedom in Cologne . The release for public performance took place on September 12th through the Sony Pictures distributor. According to press reports, the production attracted around 65,000 visitors (105,000 including previews) in 476 cinemas after the end of the first screening weekend. The film was able to place itself as the highest newcomer behind Es Kapitel 2 , Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and The Lion King at number four in the German cinema charts. The gross profit was around 580,000 euros. In Austria, Gut gegen Nordwind entered the cinema charts at number two behind Es Kapitel 2 on the opening weekend . The gross profit was around 128,000 euros.
Web links
- Gut gegen Nordwind in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for goods against north wind . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 190921 / K).
- ↑ Age rating for Gut gegen Nordwind . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ a b Start of rotation message . Press portal . Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ↑ a b Good against north wind . In: Blickpunkt: Film . Mediabiz.de. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ↑ Knut Elstermann: Good against north wind . MDR culture . Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ↑ a b Oliver Kube: The better "em @ il for you" . Filmstarts.de . Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ↑ Christian Horn: Emotional: Nora Tschirner shines in 'Gut gegen Nordwind' . Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung . Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ↑ This is how email romance works today . Star . Retrieved February 22, 2019.
- ↑ a b "Gut gegen Nordwind" celebrates its world premiere. In: Blickpunkt: Film . Retrieved September 22, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c Kinocharts Germany: Horror weather. In: Blickpunkt: Film . Retrieved September 22, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Austrian cinema charts: "Gut gegen Nordwind" just misses the top. In: Blickpunkt: Film . Retrieved September 22, 2019 .