I have to tell you something
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | I have to tell you something |
| Original title | I have to tell you something |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2006 |
| length | 65 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Martin Nguyen |
| script | Martin Nguyen |
| production | Mischief Films , Ralph Wieser , Georg Misch , Peter Janecek (production management) |
| camera | Martin Nguyen , TimTom |
| cut | Rosana Saavedra Santis |
I have to tell you what is an Austrian documentary by director Martin Nguyen about the life of a family with a deaf son.
The twins Oskar and Leo are a lively pair of brothers at the age of four. But Oskar has been deaf since birth . The film accompanies the family of the two boys over a longer period and shows the everyday challenges that a life in sign language brings with it. Martin Nguyen built up a close personal relationship with the family during the course of the filming , thereby enabling an intimate and emotional approach to the topic of deafness.
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The four-year-old twins Oskar and Leo grow up in a multi-storey house on the outskirts of Vienna with a spacious garden. The film begins in this familiar, familiar environment. This is where the children and their parents are at home. This is also where the long-term support over a period of one year starts, which documents the discoveries and learning processes of Oskar and Leo.
The director Martin Nguyen has mastered the sign language himself, which enables a communicative approach to the children without third parties. The direct, reciprocal contact and the exchange of communication are noticeable in the film and are an important element - supported by an intensive time of getting to know each other and the establishment of a familiar relationship with the children and parents.
The film also explores the question of what the diagnosis of “deaf” means for the hearing parents Sandra and Stefan. The cochlear implant , which could enable Oskar to hear, has been under discussion since he was born. However, they decided to first learn sign language themselves in courses and raise their children in a language that was foreign to them. Leo is raised bilingually, with sign and spoken language . For Oskar, on the other hand, sign language is his essential means of expression - his mother tongue.