Jitters - butterflies in your stomach
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Jitters - butterflies in your stomach |
| Original title | Órói |
| Country of production | Iceland |
| original language | Icelandic |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Baldvin Z |
| script | Baldvin Z, Ingibjörg Reynisdóttir |
| production |
Júlíus Kemp , Ingvar Þórðarson |
| music | Ólafur Arnalds |
| camera | Jóhann Máni Jóhannsson |
| cut | Sigurbjorg Jonsdottir |
| occupation | |
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Jitters is an Icelandic drama directed by Baldvin Z from 2010. The film is about Gabriel, an Icelandic youth, and his friends. The plot is based on two books by Ingibjörg Reynisdóttir .
The German theatrical release was January 9, 2012.
action
The film begins at a school in Manchester . Two Icelanders, Gabriel and Markus, are taking part in an exchange program there. One evening after the two of them partied one night in a discotheque, they kiss. Back in Iceland they lose sight of each other.
At home, Gabriel's parents notice that something is wrong with him, but he doesn't want to talk about it. When he gets back to his friends, he is invited to a party. This is also where his friends perform for the first time. Stella, about the same age as Gabriel, is in love with him without Gabriel noticing. Another friend of his, Greta, is the daughter of a depressed , alcoholic mother. His best friend is also struggling with the perils of alcohol and is cheating on his girlfriend in the process. These and other problems lead Gabriel and his circle of friends to plunge deeper and deeper into a crisis.
After Gabriel and Markus run into each other by chance one afternoon, they arrange an evening meeting. At a party organized by Markus' brother, Gabriel witnesses Markus ending up in bed with a woman. Gabriel leaves the party angrily and goes home. In the meantime, Stella starts working in a supermarket, which is robbed a short time later. She begins to meet with one of the employees. Stella's grandmother, with whom she lives, doesn't like this at all because she is a foreigner. The grandmother tries to persuade Gabriel that he should talk Stella out of this. Greta, who lives with her alcoholic mother, learns her father's name and tries to meet him. They manage to do this even after a while, and they agree to spend more time in the future.
Some time later you can see the clique partying in a disco; there Gabriel meets Markus again and there is an argument. Markus tells that Gabriel is gay, whereupon he leaves the party. That night Gabriel got a call from Stella's grandma, saying that something was wrong with Stella. It turns out that Stella suicide committed. In the last scene you can see Gabriel sitting at a table with his parents and the doorbell rings. Gabriel opens: it's Markus. Gabriel then introduces him to his parents and it can be assumed that he tells them that he is gay.
background
The film is the feature film debut of director Baldvin Z and premiered on August 27, 2010 in Reykjavík . It was premiered in Germany at the 53rd Nordic Film Days Lübeck on November 6th, 2011. It was released by Edition Salzgeber on January 9th, 2012 in the cinema and on April 24th on DVD as an original with German subtitles.
Numerous problems in Icelandic society are discussed in this film. On the one hand the problem of how to deal with gays; homophobic utterances can often be heard, and as a result the main character does not dare to come out . The family theme also plays a major role, almost all of the characters come from "broken" families. Another important aspect of this film is how you handle alcohol. Another important point is how foreigners are treated in Iceland.
reception
The film-dienst came to the verdict: “Starting like a romantic comedy, the problems of teenagers develop increasingly tragically.” The film immerses “[s] sensitive in the attitude of its characters to life” and “problematizes“ less homosexuality than ignorance of parents and grandparents ”.
The youth jury of the exground youth days Wiesbaden found the film to work with “impressive images”, whereby “the plot never seems exaggerated”, which ensures “great credibility”.
At the Nordic Film Days Lübeck the director was praised for telling “[e] sensitive and competent” about “the longings and problems of young people”. Jitters is “the portrait of a generation left to its own devices that cannot find orientation in adults”.
Awards
The film won the Don Quixote Award at the Kristiansand International Youth Film Festival. In 2011 he also received the Youth Days Prize of the exground film festival Wiesbaden .
Þorsteinn Bachmann received the Edda Award for the best supporting role.
Web links
- Jitters - butterflies in my stomach at the Internet Movie Database (English)
supporting documents
- ↑ Release certificate for jitters - butterflies in the stomach . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , December 2011 (PDF; test number: 130 780 V).
- ↑ a b c press information. (PDF) Edition Salzgeber, accessed on October 7, 2014 .
- ↑ a b Film: Jitters. (PDF) Nordic Film Days Lübeck, accessed on October 7, 2014 .
- ^ Festival program 2011. Nordic Film Days Lübeck, accessed on October 7, 2014 .
- ↑ Children's and youth film program shines with nine German premieres. Nordic Film Days Lübeck, October 18, 2011, accessed on October 7, 2014 .
- Jump up ↑ Jitters - butterflies in your stomach. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ a b press release at the end of the festival. (PDF) Exground Filmfest, p. 2 , accessed on October 7, 2014 .
- ^ Edda Award 2011. Retrieved October 7, 2014 (Icelandic).