Ransom (2009)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | ransom |
| Original title | Rapt |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 125 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Lucas Belvaux |
| script | Lucas Belvaux |
| music | Riccardo Del Fra |
| camera | Pierre Milon |
| cut | Danielle Anezin |
| occupation | |
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Ransom (Original title: Rapt ) is a French psychodrama by director Lucas Belvaux from 2009 . The film was nominated for four Césars , including best film.
action
Stanislas Graff is the main shareholder in a group with over 180,000 employees. He is considered one of the most influential industrialists in the country. One morning, shortly before leaving for China, he is kidnapped by strangers. His kidnappers are demanding a ransom of 50 million euros and threatening to kill their victim. To prove their seriousness, they cut off Graff's finger. While the police are trying by all means to find out something about the kidnappers, the CEOs are discussing whether and how the money can be raised. Graff's wife and mother are determined to find the money and are negotiating a suitable loan. Meanwhile, details about Graff's private life are spread in the press: that he has gambling debts and a mistress in his own apartment. His wife and children are deeply disturbed by this side of his character. Meanwhile, Graff goes through two months of martyrdom, isolated, neglected and in constant fear of renewed mutilation or his murder.
A first attempt to hand over the ransom fails because the kidnappers noticed the presence of the police. Graff is then brought to another location in a brutal way that makes him believe that this is his end. There he is treated more humanly by the initiator of the kidnapping. Finally, another attempt is made to deliver the ransom. The kidnappers have come up with a complicated one-train procedure, but the police manage to secure two of them and the money. One of the two is killed in the process, the second claims to be only a messenger. The leader then tells Graff that there will be a vote on whether to release him or kill him. After this final ordeal for his nerves, he was given conditions for his release: He had to pay the kidnappers the money after a reasonable amount of time as soon as they sent him the code word “Calypso”. He has to sign three promissory notes as security. If he does not pay, someone will be killed and one of the promissory notes will be left with the victim to make it public that he is responsible. You will also know how to find his family if he shouldn't pay. Graff accepts the terms and is then released somewhere in Paris.
He notifies his wife from a café and is picked up by her and the police. The police insist on interrogating him immediately to find out details about the kidnappers. His wife tells him about her torment over the past two months and then keeps her distance. She's too hurt by the press reports about his double life. Graff receives neither understanding nor psychological help and is even suspected of having instigated the kidnapping himself in order to be able to pay his debts. He withdraws inwardly and finds solace only in his dog, who is the only one who is unreservedly happy about his return. When he tries to get back to work, he is advised to resign. His marriage breaks up and the children withdraw from him. He sells his shares in the company and gets a divorce. His lawyer consoles him by pointing out that he is at least a rich man, but immediately after he has settled everything, he receives the message: "Calypso".
production
Ransom was turned in Paris, Ostend and Massy . The film is based on a true story, the kidnapping of Baron Édouard-Jean Empain in 1978. The ransom had its French film premiere on November 18, 2009 and was released in Germany on January 7, 2011 directly on DVD.
synchronization
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Stanislas Graff | Yvan Attal | Marcus Off |
| Françoise Graff | Anne Consigny | Claudia Lössl |
| André Peyrac | André Marcon | Hans-Georg Panczak |
| Marjorie | Françoise Fabian | Angelika Bender |
| Commissioner Paoli | Michel Voita | Michael Lott |
| Prof. Walser | Alex Descas | Ole Pfennig |
| Bertaux | Maxime Lefrançois | Thomas Wenke |
| Citizen from Marseille | Gerard Meylan | Tobias Lelle |
| Capitaine Verne | Bertrand Constant | Torben Liebrecht |
| Jean-Jacques Garnier | Christophe Kourotchkine | Claus Brockmeyer |
| Commander Chenut | Marc Rioufol | Thomas Rauscher |
| Martine Graff | Julie Kaye | Simone Fulir |
| Type of measure | Patrick Descamps | Thomas Fritsch |
| Véronique Graff | Sarah Messens | Maren Rainer |
criticism
For Cinema , the film was a “complex crime thriller about money and morals”, but also “a little too long ...”. Film-Zeit also found that the film had significant lengths, but called it an "exciting and multi-faceted film by a director from whom one can certainly expect some surprises."
Awards
In 2010 the film was nominated for four Césars : In the categories of Best Film (Patrick Sobelman, Diana Elbaum, Sébastien Delloye, Lucas Belvaux), Best Actor (Yvan Attal), Best Director (Lucas Belvaux) and Best Supporting Actress (Anne Consigny) .
Web links
- Ransom in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for ransom . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2010 (PDF; test number: 124 422 V).
- ↑ ransom. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Vg. Cinema.de
- ↑ See ransom on film-zeit.de ( memento of the original from April 20, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
