Helen (film)

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Movie
German title Helen
Original title Helen
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2009
length 120 minutes
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Director Sandra Nettelbeck
script Sandra Nettelbeck
production Judy Tossell ,
Christine Haebler
music James Edward Barker ,
Tim Despic
camera Michael Bertl
cut Barry Egan
occupation

Helen is a 2009 film directed by Sandra Nettelbeck about a severely depressed woman with Ashley Judd in the lead role. The film was shot in Vancouver .

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Music professor Helen actually has everything you could want: a man who loves her and a 13-year-old daughter. But all of this is overshadowed by a severe depression that almost drives her to suicide. The disease drives the family apart until Helen turns away from her husband, daughter and friends. The only person she still seems to understand at this time is one of her students, Mathilda, who suffers from depression herself. Together they set up a kind of shared flat in which both can support each other.

Reviews

“Helen is a portrait of a woman who lives off its leading actress. In places it works almost exclusively through their facial expressions. Ashley Judd is able to handle the difficult subject and, with her physically intense game, explores the border area between despair and resignation. The film remains at a distance from its protagonist. Although Helen is currently dealing with a psychological problem, Sandra Nettelbeck does not offer a look inside the psyche of her main character, but remains with the external view and thus leaves room for reflection. "

- Felix Frieler on critic.de

The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating particularly valuable.

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Sandra Nettelbeck shot the film to draw attention to depression as a disease, as it is often not perceived as such in public.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Film review by Felix Frieler on critic.de, April 6, 2009