I'll carry you to the end of the world
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| Original title | I'll carry you to the end of the world |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| length | 90 minutes |
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| Director | Christine Kabisch |
| script | Markus Mayer , Werner Sallmaier |
| music | Marius Ruhland |
| camera | Hans-Jörg Allgeier |
| cut | Andrea Wimmer |
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I'll carry you to the end of the world is a German drama that was shot by director Christine Kabisch for ARD in 2009 .
action
For Anna Klaus, who has been happily married for eighteen years, a housewife and mother of two almost grown-up children, the world collapses when she happens to be an eyewitness to a fuss between her husband Frank and his secretary Vera. Spontaneously she leaves everything and joins her father Horst Hagen, who is at the same time on the way to the Pyrenees to hike the Spanish part of the Camino de Santiago to Santiago de Compostela and beyond to Cape Finisterre . The relationship between father and daughter has been tense since Horst left his wife, who had now died, and Anna, who was nine at the time.
Shortly after starting in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port , France , Anna is already beginning to suffer from stamina and has to put up with taunts from her father. She makes the acquaintance of the likeable Austrian Tom. The disappointment is great when he has disappeared with all their money after spending a night together. As the days go by, Anna and her father get closer and closer. After three decades, he corrects that it was not he, but Anna's mother who wanted the separation. Out of love for her, he took the blame on himself. What Anna doesn't know: Horst is terminally ill with cancer and will soon die. At the foot of the Cruz de Ferro , an iron cross on the Way of St. James, Horst suddenly collapses and dies in the arms of his daughter. After the cremation , Anna takes the urn with her father's ashes and sets off on her own for Santiago de Compostela . Here she meets her husband Frank, who wants to take her home with him. But she doubts whether she even wants this anymore. She confidently declares to Frank that she will continue to hike to Cape Finisterre - alone.
At the Atlantic arrived passes Anna her father's ashes to the wind with the words: "You were wrong, Dad. This is not the end of the world. The end is always a beginning. ”In the final scene Anna and her children Thomas and Petra settle down in their father and grandfather's house.
criticism
"Moving, well-acted (television) family drama with spiritual undertones, which describes the pilgrimage as a metaphor: leaving for an unknown destination in order to ultimately arrive at yourself."
production
The shooting took place on original locations along the Camino Francés . Recordings were made in León , Santiago de Compostela and Cape Finisterre , among others .
analysis
In his comparative analysis of feature films about pilgrimages, Detlef Lienau emphasizes the sensitive theming of dying. The dying gives the impulse to pilgrimage and also in the further course the protagonists leave themselves to the pilgrimage. On pilgrimage they learn that they do not live out of themselves, but are dependent on God and people. Pilgrimage lets you experience your own limitations as well as your own being carried. Just as for Horst the pilgrimage becomes a transformation into death, so for Anna the pilgrimage becomes a transformation into a new way of life - separate from her husband.
Web links
- I'll carry you to the end of the world in the Internet Movie Database (English)