Helped Nelson

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Movie
German title Helped Nelson
Original title Helped Nelson
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2006
length 106 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Ryan Fleck
script Anna Boden
Ryan Fleck
production Anna Boden
Lynette Howell
Rosanne Korbenberg
Alex Orlovsky
Jamie Patricof
music Broken Social Scene
camera Andrij Parekh
cut Anna Boden
occupation

Half Nelson (English for half nelson , a neck lever when wrestling) is an American film from 2006 . The film opened in German cinemas on March 27, 2008.

action

Dan is a young history teacher in an African American neighborhood of New York City . Their world is determined by crime and violence. The young teacher tries in an unconventional way to give the students an idea of ​​their own story. This does not correspond to the requirements of the school management, but it is well received by the young people. At the same time he is the coach of the basketball school team . The student Drey is a passionate basketball player. After playing a game, Drey discovers that her teacher Dan is a drug addict. The secret brings the 13-year-old student closer to her teacher. Drey discovers that her teacher has not yet found his place in society, as has she. The girl lives on her own. Her mother is a paramedic and is almost never there for her. Her brother Mike is in jail for drug dealing. His friend Frank is their only support, but Frank also makes his living with drug deals. When Dan recognizes the drug dealer around Dreys, he tries to protect the girl from this contact. But this urge to protect becomes a problem for the friendship that is just beginning between teacher and student. When Dan finally sinks more and more into the drug swamp, he is released from school service.

Soundtrack

No. title Interpreter
1. Stars & Sons Broken Social Scene
2. Evacuation The somnambulants
3. Wanted Rhymefest
4th Black Hearts Remy Balon
5. A New England Billy Bragg
6th The Corner Saigon
7th Shampoo Suicide Broken Social Scene
8th. Na Ni Na Conjunto Cespedes
9. Just Begun Baby blak
10. Sometimes Dujeous
11. It's alright to cry Rosey Grier
12. Can't you see The Marshall Tucker Band
13. Da Da Dada Broken Social Scene

reception

success

The film was released in several European countries. Almost 170,000 moviegoers were counted in Europe, including over 60,000 in France. In the USA over 400,000 visitors were counted.

Reviews

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Holger Römers writes for film-dienst that the film is reminiscent of Abel Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant . “In contrast to Ferrara, Fleck refrained from any high pitched sound until shortly before the end. Therefore, while a naturalistic hand-held camera observes the slow fall of the protagonist, who is charming even in his misery, the strong performances of the actors come into their own in a very unobtrusive way. "

Christina Krisch wrote in the Kronen Zeitung on January 22nd, 2009 that this is an atmospherically dense, provocative and incredibly powerful film that sees failure as an opportunity and pays homage to the raw beauty of Brooklyn.

Awards

The film took part in the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and the Locarno International Film Festival . In Locarno, the film won the special jury award and the youth jury award. Other awards received include the 2006 Festival of American Film Jury Prize, 2006 Best First Work from the New York Film Critics Circle Award and Best Film 2006 from the Gotham Award .

The main actors Shareeka Epps and Ryan Gosling were nominated for several awards, including Gosling for an Oscar in 2007 in the category of Best Leading Actor.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Approval for Half Nelson . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , March 2008 (PDF; test number: 113 508 K).
  2. ↑ Half Nelson (EN). In: Lumière, database on film attendance in Europe. Retrieved December 22, 2011 .
  3. ↑ a b [1] at Rotten Tomatoes , accessed on May 25, 2015
  4. ↑ a b [2] at Metacritic , accessed on May 25, 2015
  5. ↑ Half Nelson in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  6. ↑ Holger Römers: Discoveries. In: AllBusiness.com . April 30, 2007, archived from the original ; Retrieved December 22, 2011 .
  7. ↑ Christina Krisch: Ryan Gosling as a junkie: "Half Nelson". In: Kronen Zeitung . January 21, 2009, accessed December 22, 2011 .