Katie Fforde: A love in the Highlands

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Movie
Original title Katie Fforde:
A love in the Highlands
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 2010
length 90 minutes
Rod
Director John Delbridge
script Ines Eschmann
Claudia Kratochvil
production Jutta Lieck-Klenke
Roger Daute
Sabine Jaspers
music Jens Fischer
camera Nicolas Joray
cut Ann-Sophie Schweizer
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Eine Liebe in den Highlands is a German television film directed by John Delbridge from 2010. It is based on the novel Highland Fling and is the first film in a ZDF film series with works by British bestselling author Katie Fforde . Henriette Richter-Röhl and Johannes Zirner play the main roles.

The film is part of the ZDF Sunday film Herzkino series , which also includes films by Rosamunde Pilcher , Inga Lindström , Nora Roberts , Lilly Schönauer and Utta Danella . These productions are characterized by the fact that they are always shot in particularly beautiful landscapes.

action

Jennifer Porter, a young New Yorker , is on her way to the Dalmains, whose wool factory she is supposed to evaluate. The Dalmains run a long-established business in the scenic Hudson Highlands that provides employment to the local people. Shortly before her destination, she stops at a snack stand to have a coffee and enjoy the sensational view, and is asked by the owner, the young Meggie Nettleton, to replace her briefly, as she still has to get something. The two women like each other straight away and become friends. Meggie has just left when Robert Grant-Emerson rushes up in his car, demands a sandwich and just tightly chokes Jenny, just as she is about to ask if he could wait a moment. Little Jenny has no idea that she is facing her client who wants to take a look at the company and his new employee incognito. He thinks Jenny is the waitress.

Jenny is received very differently by the Dalmain family, the managing director Philipp Dalmain is superficially friendly, but seems to be cooking his own soup. Gwendolyn, the sympathetic daughter of the house, is very open and friendly towards Jenny from the start. Ruth Dalmain, the mother of the two, is rather distant towards Jenny and seems to know nothing or want to know nothing about the problems that burden the family business.

When Jenny visits the factory the other day, she also met the managing director Kirsty McIntyre's right hand very coolly. Abel Frazer, however, Meggie's grandfather, who is now just as discarded as the old looms he shows Jenny, is extremely helpful and has interesting things to tell Jenny. When the young woman later wants to ride her bike to her quarters at the Dalmains, she meets Robert Grant-Emerson again, who can persuade her to come with him in the car. The two clash again. Robert now knows who Jenny is and that she works for him. Jenny is still clueless. In his quarters, Grant-Emerson receives emails from Jenny regarding her assessment of the company.

When Kirsty McIntyre asks Jenny if she has ever thought about what will become of the people if the factory closes because there is hardly any way to make money in the area, Jenny only realizes which ones She bears responsibility. In a conversation with Gwendolyn, who studied design and designs fabrics but has not finished her studies, Jenny persuades the young woman to trust herself more, as her work is excellent. Jenny noticed that Gwen is treated almost like a servant by her mother . That doesn't please the self-confident New Yorker. When Jenny later telephones her fiancé Henry, she comes up with the saving idea of ​​how the business could possibly be made profitable. Henry told her that he had bought a suit made of alpaca wool , which was very expensive, but definitely worth the money, it was wonderfully soft and wonderfully light. Jenny thinks back to her visit to Meggie and her husband Mike. Mike breeds alpacas. One could manufacture alpaca wool on a large scale with the old weaving machines and Gwen would have to create fabrics that could then be offered on the market accordingly. When Jenny talks to Kirsty McIntyre about her idea, she is quite skeptical at first, but then lets herself be infected by the young woman's thirst for action and happily acknowledges that Jenny really wants to do everything to save the factory.

Jenny, who does not trust Philipp Dalmain, tries to find out what he is planning and goes into his study through the window, where she sifts through interesting papers that show that he wants to sell business assets without the co-owner's knowledge. Unfortunately, Philipp is approaching at this moment, so she has to sneak out and fall at Robert's feet (in the truest sense of the word), who has taken quarters on the premises . She asks him to help her, which he likes to do. He can take a look at the papers that Jenny has captured. The next day Philipp is arrested by the police because Grant-Emerson reported him. Jennifer, alarmed by a call from Kristy that Emerson was at the factory, can't believe her eyes when she realizes that the man who only introduced himself as Robert is her employer, Robert Grant-Emerson. Jenny is furious and throws at him that she is quitting. Gwendolyn, Kristy and Abel Frazer can convince Jenny that she has to stay so that we can implement her idea together. First, Jenny has to convince Gwendolyn that she is indispensable as a designer if the plan is to succeed. And Gwendolyn actually gets her way against her mother, who at first doesn't want to know anything about Gwen's plans. Now an exclusive fashion designer has to be found who orders the expensive fabrics. Jenny still knows Andrew Holland from her student days, Holland has now made a career and is one of the hottest people in the industry . Gwen can completely convince Holland that he gives her a big job.

Jenny has a heated debate with her fiancé Henry, who has meanwhile arrived, because he used confidential information behind her back and already has a potential customer for the site on which the factory is located, who wants to build a golf hotel there, which would make Henry a hefty commission. Jenny is furious about the abuse of trust and storms off into the Highlands. When trying to save a sheep, she slips and is trapped. And again Robert is there to "save her" and the sheep. The weather is brewing and they both look for a refuge as quickly as possible. It is pouring in torrents, they reach the hut completely soaked. Robert quickly lights a fire in the fireplace and they both take off their wet clothes. It comes as it has to, the first night of love follows. When they come back the next day, they run into Henry, who immediately lets Robert know that Jenny is his fiancée and that they will soon be married. Robert doesn't really show what's going on inside him. A short time later, Jenny separates from Henry.

The woven fabrics turn out to the complete satisfaction of the designer and he asks Gwen if she could imagine designing her own collection for his company. She happily agrees. Of course, this great success has to be celebrated. Ruth Dalmain gives a party for everyone and highlights Jenny's commitment in a short speech. She also emphasizes that she is happy that her son Philipp can now turn to the occupation, which has always been his interest, his own bookstore, which he will now run together with his girlfriend Linda. She also proudly emphasizes how happy she is about her daughter Gwendolyn's great talent. A happy festival begins. Only Jenny stands sadly to the side and watches the dancers. Not only Henry, but Robert too, left without a word after they met. Suddenly she hears a familiar voice asking: "May I ask?" She turns happily to Robert. Robert wants Jenny as the new managing director for Dalmain-Werke and then he says that he has found a very nice house very close and whether Jenny would like to move in with him. Of course she does!

production

Filming, publication

The film suggests that it is set in England, but was shot from August 18 to October 13, 2009 in the Hudson Valley near New York and in New York itself. The first broadcast on ZDF took place on March 7, 2010 and marks the start of a new series on ZDF with films by Katie Fforde.

background

Highland Fling , the original title of the novel by Katie Fforde, actually stands for a Scottish dance, but is also a kind of play on words for "little affair", for the fact that two people suddenly meet. Katie Fforde commented on Henriette Richter-Röhl: “When I saw Henriette for the first time, I thought she was too beautiful for the role, but when I saw her playing, I realized that she had so much character and intelligence in her The character brings in that certain quirkiness that my characters also have. ”And Henriette Richter-Röhl commented on the role:“ When I was shooting I noticed that the role is very complex and very, very funny, then it really started, fun close."

criticism

“Thanks to the staging of John Delbridge, who has been trained in various 'Inga Lindström' romances, and a young ensemble that is a pleasure to watch, 'A Love in the Highlands' is pleasant Sunday evening entertainment. The location of the book was quickly relocated to America in the tranquil Hudson Valley, which did not harm the adaptation [...]: Due to the wonderful landscape images [...] the film is also visually a pleasure. Not to mention Henriette Richter-Röhl ('Storm of Love'): Already last year she carried the zippy ZDF comedy 'Vorzimmer zur Hölle' without any problems under the leadership of Delbridge. The script and direction stage the chance encounters, in the course of which the couple gets closer and closer, very nicely. "

- kino.de

“Good, not exactly original, but told quite nicely. Super clear, but very personable "

- TV movie

"Relationship comedy based on the subject of a bestselling author, staged in front of a charming backdrop."

- Lexicon of international film

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Making Of Katie Fforde: A Love in the Highlands by Network Movie
  2. ↑ Katie Fforde: Eine Liebe in den Highlands bei kino.de, accessed on May 28, 2012
  3. ↑ Katie Fforde: Eine Liebe in den Highlands at tvspielfilm.de, accessed on May 28, 2012
  4. ↑ Katie Fforde: A Love in the Highlands. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used