I see I see

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Movie
Original title I see I see
Country of production Austria
original language German
Publishing year 2014
length 99 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
JMK 16
Rod
Director Veronika Franz ,
Severin Fiala
script Veronika Franz,
Severin Fiala
production Ulrich Seidl
music Olga Neuwirth
camera Martin Gschlacht
cut Michael Palm
occupation
  • Susanne Wuest : mother
  • Elias Schwarz: Elias
  • Lukas Schwarz: Lukas

Ich seh Ich seh is an Austrian film by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala . It was produced by Ulrich Seidl . The English title is Goodnight Mommy . The film is about the phenomenon of Capgras Syndrome .

action

The film begins with a few shots showing ten-year-old twins Elias and Lukas playing in nature. During a diving competition in the lake, Elias calls out for Lukas several times, but he no longer seems to appear. After this prologue, the main story begins.

The mother of the children returns to her modern, lonely house after an extensive facial operation. The film, told from the children's point of view, offers the viewers only fragmentary indications of the context of the story: scraps of conversation and internet research by the twins reveal that the plot was preceded by a separation and an accident, that the house is for sale and the mother online -Dating has started.

For the boys, the heavily bandaged mother seems to have changed since their return. She ignores Lukas and asks Elias to do the same. Besides, she's suddenly very strict. The twins have increasing doubts that the woman in their house is actually their mother: At the game Who am I? she can't guess, suddenly she is no longer fond of animals and the twins find a picture that apparently shows the mother with a twin sister. The viewer also sees the mother pretending to be asleep and only having her face bandaged when she sees the twins coming home from playing.

An interplay of defiant, suspicious behavior on the part of the twins and increasingly aggressive punishments on the part of the mother begins. After the twins finally ask the mother to show her bandaged face, they are locked in the room. The next morning, however, the mother shows her apparently old face and offers the twins reconciliation. However, the twins' doubts are too advanced: They flee the house and seek help from the pastor in the village, who takes them back to their mother. When the pastor demands an explanation, the mother bursts into tears and says that it must have been the separation and the accident.

When the opportunity arises, the twins tie their mother to the bed. When two fundraisers from the Red Cross appear, they get rid of them. The mother begs angrily, then desperately to be untied, while the twins increasingly use violence to force her to reveal the whereabouts of their real mother. She answered the question about Lukas' favorite song incorrectly. They burn their face with a magnifying glass and temporarily glue their mouths shut with superglue. Elias gets scruples in the meantime, but Lukas convinces him to keep going.

The twins allow the mother to change the bed sheet that has meanwhile been soaked in. But she tries to escape, but falls over a wire stretched across the floor.

In the next scene the mother is glued to the living room floor. Elias gives her one last chance to prove that she is his mother: she should tell him what Luke, who is next to him, is doing. The mother's answer for the first time explicitly confirms what has been indicated by the behavior of the characters in the course of the film so far: During the entire film, Lukas does not speak to anyone except Elias. Only Elias can perceive Luke, who died before the main story began. Elias blames himself for Luke's death and is psychotic . All previous actions of the twins were initiated by Elias alone. Since the mother cannot see the imaginary Luke and consequently cannot give the answer Elias asked for, Elias lights the curtains. The mother burns.

The incoming fire brigade can no longer do anything. From a distance you can see a white figure walking past the fire engine on the left. However, this is not noticed by the firefighters. In the final scene, Elias and Lukas walk through a corn field. They are happily reunited with mother in a clearing.

production

After a documentary about Peter Kern , Ich seh Ich seh is the first feature film by Veronika Franz, co-author and artistic collaborator of all of Ulrich Seidl's films, and Severin Fiala since 1997.

The film was shot in summer 2013 in a house near Haugschlag in Lower Austria's Waldviertel . The Gaishorns Elias and Lukas Schwarz were cast for the roles of the twins , the role of the mother was cast by Susanne Wuest .

The film was shown from September 11, 2015 under the title Goodnight Mommy by Radius, the distributor of the Weinstein Company , in US cinemas. The trailer published for the English version achieved eight million views on Youtube, which is well above the average reach of Radius' channel. International media described it as "the scariest movie trailer of all time".

Festivals and prizes

The film premiered on August 30, 2014 at the Venice International Film Festival . He was honored at the film festivals in Ljubljana , Thessaloniki and Sitges and received the Grand Diagonale Prize in March 2015 . Martin Gschlacht was awarded the European Film Prize for the best camera work in October . Ich seh Ich seh was the Austrian submission for the 2016 Academy Awards , but was not nominated among the five best.

The film was awarded the Vienna Film Prize in 2015 at the Viennale .

At the Austrian Film Awards 2016 , the film was awarded in the five categories of Best Feature Film , Best Director , Best Cinematography , Best Mask and Best Production Design .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for I see, I see . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , April 2015 (PDF; test number: 151 107 V).
  2. ↑ NÖN: New Ulrich Seidl Film: Horror made in Haugschlag ( Memento from January 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ http://www.meiniertel.at/waidhofen-an-der-thaya/chronik/horrorfilm-wird-im-waldviertel-gedelte-d642746.html
  4. ↑ http://www.kleinezeitung.at/s/steiermark/ennstal/4640635/Steirer-des-Tages_Zwolfjaehrige-Stars-im-Horrorthriller
  5. ↑ Andrey Arnold: "The cockroach is a great symbol". In: diepresse.com. January 9, 2015, accessed January 23, 2016 .
  6. ↑ a b Yasmin Vihaus: Scariest Trailer Ever. The Gap, August 14, 2015, accessed January 23, 2016 .
  7. ↑ orf.at - Diagonale Prize to “Ich seh Ich seh” ( Memento from March 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). Article dated March 21, 2015, accessed March 21, 2015.
  8. ^ Viennale: Vienna Film Prize 2015 . Retrieved April 24, 2016.
  9. ↑ Austrian Film Prize: 13 awards for six films with ORF participation . APA notification of January 20, 2016, accessed on January 20, 2016.