Heaven
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Heaven |
| Original title | Heaven |
| Country of production | Germany , Italy , France , United States , United Kingdom |
| original language |
Italian , English |
| Publishing year | 2002 |
| length | 97 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Tom Tykwer |
| script |
Krzysztof Kieślowski , Krzysztof Piesiewicz |
| production |
Stefan Arndt , Frédérique Dumas-Zajdela , William Horberg , Maria Köpf , Anthony Minghella |
| music |
Arvo Pärt , Marius Ruhland |
| camera | Frank Griebe |
| cut | Mathilde Bonnefoy |
| occupation | |
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Heaven is a German - American movie from 2002 . It is based on the last script by the Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieślowski .
Kieślowski had planned another film trilogy with the parts "Heaven, Hell and Purgatory", ie " Heaven , Hell and Purgatory ". But only the script for the first part, Heaven, was completed . A sequel was prevented by the early death of the screenwriter.
After Kieślowski's death, the American production company Miramax offered the script to the German director Tom Tykwer , who achieved international fame with Run Lola Run . The shooting under Tykwer's direction took place in 2000 in the Bottrop studio of the Warner Brothers , in Naples , Turin and Tuscany . Heaven premiered in 2002 as the opening film of the Berlinale .
Tom Tykwer once commented on his work on Heaven : “I immersed myself in the script as if it were my own. I had the very strong feeling that it ties in with topics that I had taken up in my previous films, albeit in a way that was previously unknown to me. I really wanted to accept this challenge. "
action
Turin setting: English teacher Philippa lays a bomb to kill the drug dealer who ruined the lives of her husband and many of her students. She was arrested the same evening and only found out during interrogation that it was not the dealer but four innocent people who were the victims of the attack.
For Philippa an abyss opens up between the desire and the reality of what she is doing. She desperately tries to prove that it was not organized crime but a fatal accident that killed the innocent. But the officers who interrogate her have been bribed by the dealer and say she has a political motive. Only the young policeman Filippo, who is translating during the interrogations, believes their version of the attack. Out of love for Philippa, he plans to escape together.
He frees her with the help of his brother. But hardly ever released, Philippa tells him that she has no plans to evade her punishment, but wants to surrender again. But first she wants to finally kill the dealer. Filippo gets her a gun, and after luring him into a trap for her, Philippa kills her enemy.
But instead of facing up, Philippa flees Turin with Filippo. The two travel to Montepulciano , where Philippa grew up, and are hidden on a farm by a friend Philippa. When Philippa and Filippo finally realize that they can't escape the police, they still don't want to part. When the police reached the farm, they hijacked a police helicopter and took it to the sky.
criticism
“A very dense film narrative, especially in the first part, whose love story is more of an allegorical character. Well played, with breathtaking images and sophisticated camera technology that defines the structure of the story. "
The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating particularly valuable.
Others
The farm is located halfway between Buonconvento and Asciano , near the village of Bollano.
The film was the opening film of the Berlinale 2002 .
Cate Blanchett and Giovanni Ribisi had already stood together in front of the camera in 2000 for the psychological thriller The Gift - The Dark Gift .
Web links
- Heaven in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heaven. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .