Hearts (film)

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Movie
German title Heart
Original title Cœurs
Country of production France
original language French
Publishing year 2006
length 120 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Alain Resnais
script Jean-Michel Ribes
production Bruno Pésery
music Mark Snow
camera Eric Gautier
cut Hervé de Luze
occupation
synchronization

Hearts (Original title: Cœurs ) is a French feature film directed by Alain Resnais from 2006 based on the 2004 play Private Fears in Public Places by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn .

action

The real estate agent Thierry lives with his younger sister Gaëlle. He spends the evenings alone in front of the television, while Gaëlle waits in restaurants for acquaintances from personals - mostly in vain.

Thierry works in an office with Charlotte, a single woman with strong religious beliefs. He finds Charlotte attractive, but cannot communicate with her. Charlotte lends Thierry a videotape recording of an edifying religious television program, "Songs That Changed My Life". Charlotte hopes that Thierry will also enjoy it. As a courtesy, he takes the cassette with him and after the end of the program comes across the rest of an apparently not completely erased erotic performance in which he believes he recognizes Charlotte.

Thierry's clients include Nicole, who is looking for a larger apartment for herself and her friend Dan, who moved in with her after his dishonorable discharge from the army. Dan has lost his footing with the job and gets drunk every evening in a hotel bar, where he complains to the bartender Lionel of his suffering.

Lionel lives with his seriously ill father, who insults and terrorizes those around him. When the nurse is unavailable, Charlotte offers to replace. On her first visits, she barely has any access to the unruly old man who constantly humiliates her. She seeks support in reading the Bible while she waits for Lionel's return home. One evening, however, she surprises his father with a striptease in a negligee that she has secretly brought with her for this purpose. The old man then wears a smile on his face for the first time in a long time, to the amazement of his son. Because of the excitement, however, the old man ends up in the hospital. Charlotte and Lionel get closer in the absence of their father, but do not find each other. Lionel says goodbye to Charlotte that she is always welcome with him. In the end, however, he stands in his apartment with suitcase in hand, which he is apparently leaving.

The apartments that Nicole visited become smaller, the clearer the hopelessness of her relationship with Dan becomes. Nicole finally tells Dan to break up with her for a while. Dan then moves into the hotel with the bar. Lionel advises him to try a personal ad, as a little variety could refresh his relationship with Nicole. This is how Dan and Gaëlle get to know each other. The two immediately enjoy each other, get drunk on the first date and arrange to meet again in the bar for the next day. At the agreed time, however, Nicole happens to arrive before Gaëlle, who wants to say goodbye to Dan again. When Gaëlle sees the two of them together, she runs out of the bar disappointed. Dan doesn't notice this, but finds out from Lionel after Nicole left. Dan rushes out of the bar desperately and yells at Lionel that he doesn't know the girl's name, address or phone number.

Charlotte lends Thierry another cassette with another episode of the religious show. At the end of the tape there is again the rest of a striptease scene in which Thierry believes she recognizes Charlotte. The next day he impulsively kisses Charlotte in the office. But she reacts shocked and dismissive. Thierry is devastated and apologizes. Charlotte forgives him. As a token of reconciliation, she gives Thierry another videotape. When he looks at her at home, he realizes that there is no erotic scene on this tape after the end of the recorded program. Thierry stares at the blank screen (the blank remainder of the tape) as his unhappy sister comes home. She sits down with him.

criticism

Birgit Glombitza wrote on Spiegel Online that Resnais looked deep into the hearts of his melancholy heroes, but did not become indiscreet. This “wonderful film” is also characterized by reflection and caution. “Resnais' heroes roll towards each other like billiard balls, touch briefly and bounce off each other again. In the end, everyone is alone. Nothing came true. In between it snows again and again. ”Franziska Heller said on Schnitt Online that Resnais demonstrates“ once again how poetic films can be. Again and again one is surprised which visual and especially spatial experiences can open up beyond a strict narrative. "

For the lexicon of international films , Herzen was a "subtle love comedy in which every detail, from the decorations to the lighting to the music, reflects the mood of the people". Thanks to a “varied staging and excellent actors”, the film remains light and optimistic “despite personal tragedies”.

Awards

César 2007

Nominated:

Further

synchronization

role actor Voice actor
Charlotte Sabine Azéma Astrid Bless
Gaëlle Isabelle Carré Bianca Krahl
Nicole Laura Morante Arianne Borbach
Lionel Pierre Arditi Reinhard Kuhnert
Thierry André Dussollier Roland Hemmo
Dan Lambert Wilson Bernd Vollbrecht
Voice of Lionel's father Claude Rich Hasso Zorn

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Birgit Glombitza: The rough side of longing . In: Spiegel Online , March 28, 2007, accessed July 7, 2008.
  2. ↑ Franziska Heller: People in the snow . In: Schnitt Online , accessed July 7, 2008.
  3. ↑ hearts. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 4, 2018 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  4. ↑ hearts. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on August 4, 2018 .