I was at home but ...
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Original title | I was at home but ... |
Country of production | Germany , Serbia |
original language | German |
Publishing year | 2019 |
length | 105 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 6 |
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Director | Angela Schanelec |
script | Angela Schanelec |
production | Angela Schanelec |
camera | Ivan Marković |
cut | Angela Schanelec |
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I was at home, but ... is a German - Serbian feature film by Angela Schanelec from 2019 .
The family drama premiered on February 12, 2019 in the competition at the 69th Berlinale .
action
13-year-old Phillip disappears without a trace. Only after a week does the boy appear again without a word. His single mother Astrid and the teachers can only speculate about what exactly brought Phillip to this. The death of the father is seen as a possible cause. Yet his behavior remains a mystery to everyone. Phillips' environment is confronted with existential questions that change the whole view of life. After Phillip's return, Astrid looks at her bourgeois life, her work in Berlin's cultural scene from a different perspective, and also questions her previous conception of art. It's harder for her to come to terms with the fact that Phillip has a life of his own. When her son is hospitalized with blood poisoning , Astrid begins to lose her nerve. But Phillip and his little sister still stick to her.
background
The film was shot from September 30 to November 7, 2017 in Berlin . Was produced I was at home, but ... by the Berlin production company afternoon movie and the Serbian & Darts movie video . The television stations ZDF and 3sat appeared as co-producers . The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media , Monika Grütters , and the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg financed the film with 250,000 and 100,000 euros respectively . The Serbian Film Center Serbia supported the production with 42,377 euros. The German theatrical release was August 15, 2019. At the end of September and beginning of October 2019, it will be shown at the New York Film Festival .
reception
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The film received 2.3 out of four possible stars in the international reviews of the British trade magazine Screen International and, together with the Italian contribution Paranza - The Clan of Children, took 8th place among all 16 Berlinale competition films . Emin Alpers A Story of Three Sisters and Nadav Lapid's Synonymes (3.0 each) topped the ranking.
During this time , Wenke Husmann goes into the staging as the theme of the film, and thus in Schanelec's way of undermining the realistic staging. Another topic, loss, is linked to Schanelec's own biography: like the main character in the film, Schanelec lost her partner and the father of her children, theater director Jürgen Gosch .
Awards
I was at home with I, but… Angela Schanelec competed for the first time at the Berlin International Film Festival for the Golden Bear , the festival's main prize. There she was awarded the directing award. Schanelec received an award in the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera section of the Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián .
Web links
- Official website
- I was at home, but ... in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- I was at home, but ... at filmportal.de
- I was at home, but ... at crew united
- Profile at berlinale.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for I was at home, but… . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; April 2019; test number: 189 051 K).
- ↑ I WAS HOME, BUT… . In: germanfilmsquarterly.de (accessed on January 21, 2019).
- ↑ Competition and Berlinale Special: Agnès Varda, Agnieszka Holland, Hans Petter Moland, Isabel Coixet and Wang Quan'an in the competition program / directorial debut of Chiwetel Ejiofor in the Berlinale Special . In: berlinale.de, January 10, 2019 (accessed January 10, 2019).
- ↑ I was at home, but (2019) . In: kino-zeit.de (accessed on January 21, 2019).
- ^ I Was at Home, But . In: cineuropa.org (accessed on January 21, 2019).
- ↑ Profile at berlinale.de (accessed on January 31, 2019).
- ↑ a b Petkovic, Vladan: Serbia funds new projects by Puiu, Schanelec, Komandarev and Bartas . In: cineuropa.org, June 4, 2018 (accessed January 21, 2019).
- ↑ project data . In: crew-united.com (accessed on January 21, 2019).
- ↑ I was at home, but ... In: filmdienst.de. Film service , accessed April 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Kate Erbland: NYFF Announces 2019 Main Slate, Including 'Parasite', 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire', and More. In: indiewire.com, August 6, 2019.
- ^ Dalton, Ben: Two films tie for top spot on Screen's final Berlin jury grid . In: screendaily.com, February 15, 2019 (accessed February 16, 2019).
- ↑ Wenke Husmann: What is the talk of authenticity? In: zeit.de. Zeit Online GmbH, February 13, 2019, accessed on September 11, 2019 .
- ↑ John Hopewell and Jamie Lang, 'Pacified' Wins Golden Shell at San Sebastian. In: Variety, September 28, 2019.