Year of the Dragon (film)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Year of the dragon |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German , partly English , Vietnamese |
| Publishing year | 2012 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Torsten C. Fischer |
| script | Karl – Heinz Beetle |
| production | Sonja Goslicki |
| music | Martin Tingvall |
| camera | Holly Fink |
| cut | Benjamin Hembus |
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Year of the Dragon is a German film drama staged by director Torsten C. Fischer in 2012 , which was commissioned by Westdeutscher Rundfunk .
action
The late forties Thomas Eichner, partner in a Cologne textile company, is on behalf of his company in the Vietnamese metropolis of Ho Chi Minh City to negotiate a joint venture with a Vietnamese company. At a business dinner in the evening, he meets the prostitute Huong, who he likes. Back in Germany, his wife Maren, who had been suffering from cancer for eight years, told him that she had bone metastases and needed expensive special treatment. Back in Vietnam to sign the contract, he looks for Huong's company to take him back to their home village. The two fall in love and Huong keeps asking questions about marriage, which Thomas bypasses.
Back in Germany he receives a call from Huong: She has followed him. Thomas puts Huong in an apartment and spends his free time with her while Maren is receiving medical treatment. One day, on an outing, the two of them run into Thomas' adult son Daniel. There is a pending conflict between the two and Thomas races off with Huong. Drunk with love, he announces to his partner Lars Behlke that he will sell his stake in the company and marry Huong. In the meantime, Daniel has found Huong's whereabouts through Vietnamese living in Cologne. He looks for her and wants to take her to the airport so that she can return to Vietnam and disappear from her life. Resetting of his car from the farm estate on the road the car is powered by a pickup truck rammed on the passenger side. Huong is fatally injured in the accident. The visibly battered Thomas leads Huong's coffin back to her home village. Here he hands Huong's mother an envelope with money that her daughter had saved for her so that she can undergo a necessary operation. The film ends with Thomas making the acquaintance of Huong's little daughter, whom he had no idea about, and his wife calls him in Vietnam and explains that she would agree to the divorce.
background
The film is a co-production by Colonia Media with WDR and Degeto . It was created at the original locations in Cologne and Ho Chi Minh City.
criticism
“Psychologically sophisticated drama and bittersweet love story about a husband and father at a crossroads, sensitively staged by Torsten C. Fischer. Behrendt's sensitive game is convincing "
Web links
- Year of the Dragon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for Year of the Dragon . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , October 2012 (PDF; test number: 135 526 V).
- ^ Criticism in the program guide Gong No. 40/2012