Career girls
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Career girls |
| Original title | Career Girls |
| Country of production | Great Britain , France |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1997 |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Mike Leigh |
| script | Mike Leigh |
| production | Simon Channing-Williams |
| music |
Marianne Jean-Baptiste , Tony Remy , The Cure |
| camera | Dick Pope |
| cut | Robin Sales |
| occupation | |
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Career Girls is a 1997 film directed by Mike Leigh and starring Katrin Cartlidge and Lynda Steadman .
action
After six years Annie visits her friend Hannah, whom she knows from college. Hannah, looking for a new, chic apartment, welcomes her at home, lets Annie stay the night, then they drive to the apartment buildings together. There they meet friends from their past and the playboy Mr. Evans, whom they cannot take seriously. The story is framed by an opening and closing scene in which Annie is seen during the train ride, when arriving at the train station and at the end when Hannah is leaving.
The film has two time levels: On the one hand, the current events, the visit to London and the viewing of the objects. On the other hand, the level of the past, that of the student days. Here you can see the chaotic flat share life of the 1980s. Annie has dermatitis , a skin condition that causes eczema on her face. She is rather shy, nervous, introverted and plagued by self-doubt. She enrolls as a student in psychology , the science that actually studies human behavior. Annie meets Hannah as her counterpart: quick-tempered, cheeky, self-confident, slightly confused, but sympathetic and empathetic with an alcoholic mother who seems to be driving her crazy.
This very contrasting constellation seems to go well together, because the friends remain inseparable, they promise to meet again in another six years. Even Annie's fellow student, the stuttering, obese-prone, mentally clumsy, but also likeable "Ricky" Richard Burton, who comes across as quirky, cannot compromise the friendship, as does Hannah's brief affair with Adrian Spinks, which runs in the sand and rather sobering than is illuminating. At the end of the film, Hannah, as a student of English studies, gives Annie a paperback copy of Emily Brontës Sturmhöhe as a reminder of her time , which used to serve both of them as an advisor and constant companion in all situations.
reception
The film can be seen as a social and milieu study of two friends who have to assert themselves in England of the Margaret Thatcher and post-Thatcher era and who are guided in their actions by feeling rather than being able to dress them in fine words. Director Mike Leigh shows "without false pathos the decay of the old empire, the lower middle class on the fringes of society with benevolent sympathy for the disadvantaged and forgotten of the Thatcher era , the feeling, the need for warmth, tenderness and understanding dominates here." It also illustrates Mike Leigh's talent for seamlessly blending comedy and drama in a dual character study.
criticism
“A thematically extraordinary film about the difficult search for an identity between alternative subculture and British bourgeoisie. Mainly staged as a chamber play with two excellent actresses, which, thanks to its sincerity, compensates for some overconstructed script turns. "
"In a large parallel montage, the search for an identity in the alternative subculture is contrasted with the adapted way of life."
"Conceived as a comedy, but not easy to consume as such because of its rough edges, the film about vulnerability, emotional wounds and strategies for coping with them touches the audience the most with its saddest scenes."
Awards
Katrin Cartlidge was nominated in the “Best Actress” category at the European Film Awards ceremony . She was named “Best Actress” at the Evening Standard British Film Awards .
literature
- Dieter Krusche u. a .: Reclam's film guide . Stuttgart, 2003. p. 625.
- Edmont Grant: The Motion Picture Guide . 1998 (Annual). (The Films of 1997). New York, 1998. p.69.
Web links
- Career Girls in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Trailer and movie data
Individual evidence
- ↑ cit. n .: Dieter Krusche, Jürgen Labenski u. a .: Reclam's film guide. Stuttgart, 2003. p. 625
- ↑ cit. n .: Edmont Grant: The Motion Picture Guide. 1998 (Annual). (The Films of 1997). New York, 1998. p. 69.
- ↑ Career Girls. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ [1] , cf. with Leigh's Lies and Secrets .
- ↑ [2] , English-language review.