Handsome Devil

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Movie
Original title Handsome Devil
Country of production Ireland
original language English
Publishing year 2016
length 95 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director John Butler
script John Butler
production Rebecca O'Flanagan , Robert Walpole
music John McPhillips
camera Cathal Watters
cut John O'Connor
occupation

Handsome Devil is a film drama by John Butler , the September 11, 2016 under the Toronto International Film Festival made its debut and came into the Irish cinemas on 21 April 2017th

action

Conor is new to boarding school and is forced to share a room with Ned Roche. In the room, Ned has hung photos of Dita Von Teese, and when Conor is assigned to his room, he first erects a wall that runs through the middle of the room. But soon an unexpected friendship develops between the 16-year-old loner with the striking red hair and the model athlete Conor, who is admired by his rugby-loving classmates and promoted by his rugby coach Pascal O'Keeffe. Ned, on the other hand, had been unable to convince his widowed father and cool stepmother that a boarding school where rugby is celebrated like a religion was wrong for him. Ned, who feels out of place there, is ridiculed by many for his sexuality, which his classmates conclude from his lack of love for rugby, above all by Weasel.

What connects Ned and Conor is music, and together they start playing the guitar. When her English teacher Dan Sherry, who supports her musical interest, encourages her to take part in a regional talent competition at a neighboring girls' school, Conor has to decide whether to maintain his hyper-male image as an athlete or to stick to his new love for music. Ned, on the other hand, struggles with whether he wants to betray the trust he has recently gained in his new friend and tell the school administration about a secret in order to save his own skin.

production

Staff and cast

Directed by John Butler , who also wrote the screenplay for the film. Rebecca O'Flanagan and Rob Walpole produced the film for Treasure Entertainment with financial support from the Irish Film Board.

The main roles of Ned Roche and Conor were cast with the actors Fionn O'Shea and Nicholas Galitzine . Andrew Scott plays the English teacher Dan Sherry, Michael McElhatton the school director Walter Curly. Moe Dunford took on the role of rugby coach Pascal O'Keeffe. Norma Sheahan and Stephen Hogan play Conor's parents, Ardal O'Hanlon Ned's widowed father Dan Roche, and Amy Huberman Ned's stepmother Nathalie.

Filming and film music

The film was shot at Castleknock College in the suburbs of Dublin

The film was shot at Castleknock College in the small Irish town of Castleknock , a suburb of Dublin. The cameraman was Cathal Watters , who shot the film in vivid colors in widescreen format, Ferdia Murphy was responsible for the set design , and the costumes are by Kathy Strachan , with whom Butler previously worked on the short film The Stag . Post-production and film editing by John O'Connor , who worked with split screens and fades between scenes, was done at Windmill Lane Pictures. The production costs amounted to around 1 million euros.

The music is central to the movie, especially for Ned. It also contains references to the music of the 1980s. In addition to electronic music and songs by alternative bands, the film also features songs by the Housemartins and Big Star , The Undertones and Prefab Sprout , which could make young viewers curious to listen to these older songs that were inserted into the film on Spotify according to David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter .

publication

The film premiered on September 11, 2016 at the Toronto International Film Festival , where it was screened in the Next Wave section, and was released in Irish cinemas on April 21, 2017. On February 15, 2017, Handsome Devil opened the Glasgow Film Festival. The film was shown at the Dublin International Film Festival on February 26, 2017. When Seattle International Film Festival has been Handsome Devil shown in May 2017 the sections Contemporary World Cinema and Future Wave. A theatrical release in the USA took place on June 2, 2017. Edition Salzgeber took over the distribution in Germany, an exact start date is not yet known. However, the film was presented to a German audience for the first time at the Munich Film Festival on June 23, 2017 . The film has been available on Netflix Germany since July 20, 2017 . In November 2017 the film will be presented at the Queer Film Festival Osnabrück and the Queer View LGBTI Film Festival Bern .

reception

Reviews

So far, the film has won over 82 percent of Rotten Tomatoes ' critics .

David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter says you are familiar with many of the key elements John Butler used in the film, such as Rebel Bully Geek Pariah by Erin Jade Lange , the gay "jock", the inspiring English teacher or the homophobic rugby coach, but these The sweetness, the heat and the airy mood made the film simply irresistible. About Fionn O'Shea Rooney says this proves unexpectedly a lot of courage, and bring a healthy intelligence in his role, rather than simply be another red-haired weakling, and Nicholas Galitzine imagine the increasing pain of his character with delicacy and grace. Even Andrew Scott is excellent, says Rooney, who initially played the English teacher Dan Sherry impatiently before he, like the two students at the traditional school, drops his mask and shows his softer and warmer side.

Michael O'Sullivan of Film Ireland Magazine believes the film is a satisfactory study of masculinity and is an encouraging message to youngsters not to be gagged by stereotypes when they feel unnatural.

Awards (selection)

  • Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards 2017: Award for Best Irish Feature Film ( John Butler )
  • Dublin International Film Festival 2017: Received the Festival Award for Best Irish Feature Film (John Butler)
  • Image + Nation Film Festival Montreal 2016: Received the audience award
  • The Irish Film & Television Academy Awards 2018: Nomination for Best Picture
  • The Irish Film & Television Academy Awards 2018: Nomination for Best Director (John Butler)
  • The Irish Film & Television Academy Awards 2018: Nomination for Best Screenplay (John Butler)
  • The Irish Film & Television Academy Awards 2018: Nomination for Best Actor ( Fionn O'Shea )
  • The Irish Film & Television Academy Awards 2018: Nomination for Best Supporting Actor ( Andrew Scott )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Certificate of Release for Handsome Devil . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 168561 / K). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ a b c http://scannain.com/irish/abroad/handsome-devil-image-nation-win/
  3. ↑ a b c David Rooney: 'Handsome Devil': Film Review. TIFF 2016 In: The Hollywood Reporter, September 17, 2016.
  4. ↑ http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/love-and-longing-at-an-irish-boarding-school-35457985.html
  5. ↑ Donald Clarke: Handsome Devil: Blackrock boy meets Blackrock boy - the movie In: The Irish Times, April 20, 2017.
  6. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated February 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tiff.net
  7. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-38974545
  8. ↑ http://www.diff.ie/festival/film/handsome-devil
  9. ↑ http://variety.com/2017/film/global/cannes-radiant-closes-raft-of-sales-on-irish-comedy-handsome-devil-1202436585/
  10. ↑ Irish movie Handsome Devil set to travel the world In: rte.ie, May 19, 2017.
  11. ↑ Handsome Devil In: filmfest-muenchen.de. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  12. ↑ https://queerfilmfestival.wordpress.com/
  13. ↑ https://gay.ch/kultur/queersicht-lgbti-filmfestival-bern-10
  14. ↑ Handsome Devil In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
  15. ↑ David Rooney, 'Handsome Devil': Film Review. TIFF 2016 In: The Hollywood Reporter, September 17, 2016.
  16. ↑ #rugby jock In: urbandictionary.com. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
  17. ↑ Michael O'Sullivan: Irish Film Review: Handsome Devil In: Film Ireland Magazine, April 21, 2017.
  18. ↑ http://www.diff.ie/festival/awards/dublin-film-critics-circle
  19. ↑ http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/screenwriter/2017/02/26/the-dfcc-awards-at-the-audi-dublin-international-film-festival/
  20. ↑ http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4291415&tpl=archnews&force=1