Los Ángeles (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Los Angeles |
| Original title | Los Angeles |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | Spanish |
| Publishing year | 2014 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Damian John Harper |
| script | Damian John Harper |
| production |
Jonas Weydemann , Jakob D. Weydemann |
| music | Gregor Bonse |
| camera | Peace Clausz |
| cut | Lorna Hoefler-Steffen |
| occupation | |
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Los Ángeles (reference title: Los Ángeles - The Prize is a Life ) is a German film by Damian John Harper from 2014. It premiered at the Forum of the Berlin International Film Festival in 2014 . It opened in theaters on January 29, 2015.
action
In a small town in southern Mexico there are almost no men because they work in the USA and send the money they earn home. On Sundays in church, the women share the latest news and present each other with letters and photos from their husbands. 16-year-old Mateo is also supposed to support his mother and younger brother from the USA, since his father no longer pays for the family. Hoping for support in Los Angeles , Mateo joins a village gang before he leaves. In order to be accepted, however, he is supposed to commit serious crimes. There are also rumors that the gang is threatening a young member in Los Angeles. Mateo regrets his decision and - in anticipation of the danger - develops a melancholy view of his hometown and its surroundings. He notes that the residents are firmly rooted in their traditional values and support one another wherever possible.
background
Between his undergraduate and postgraduate courses, director Harper worked with the Zapotec people, an indigenous people of Mexico who are based in Oaxaca . He returned there for the film and made his feature film debut in a village called Santa Ana del Valle. As a performer he engaged the local villagers. In his short film Teardrop , Harper already addressed the violent inclusion in a gang.
criticism
The film service says, director Damian John Harper "stages the gangster story, which is almost conventional in the synopsis, with amateur actors and an almost documentary, yet impressively dense realism".
Epd Film judges that the film is "well worth seeing, the semi-documentary-looking handheld camera always stays close to the action". Only “the amateur actors' play”, which sometimes “seems a bit stiff”, and the dramaturgy, which “occasionally gets a little lost”, are criticized, yet “Harper makes a promising debut with Los Ángeles ”.
Awards
- Biberacher Film Festival 2014: Debutbiber, Best Debut Film
- First Steps Award 2014 in the category "Full-length feature film"
- German Film and Media Assessment (FBW) : Rating "particularly valuable"
- Los Angeles Film Fest 2014: LA Muse Awards
- Festival Internacional de Cine Guadalajara 2014: Best Debut Film
- Bushwick Film Festival, New York 2014: Best Narrative Feature
- Urbanworld Film Festival, Brooklyn 2014: Best Narrative Feature
Web links
- Los Ángeles in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Los Ángeles at filmportal.de
- Film data sheet of the Berlinale
- Andreas Busche: “Los Ángeles”: Seen from Mexico, LA remains a dream. Zeit Online , January 28, 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Los Ángeles . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2015 (PDF; test number: 147 186 V).
- ↑ Release Info. Internet Movie Database , accessed February 9, 2016 .
- ↑ Los Ángeles - The price is a life. In: moviepilot.de. Retrieved February 9, 2016 .
- ^ Wolfgang Hamdorf: Los Ángeles. Filmdienst , 2/2015, accessed on February 9, 2016 (short review).
- ↑ Manfred Riepe: Critique of Los Ángeles. Epd Film , January 16, 2015, accessed February 9, 2016 .
- ↑ First Steps Awards 2014 presented. In: filmportal.de. Deutsches Filminstitut , September 16, 2014, accessed on February 9, 2016 .
- ↑ Los Ángeles. In: fbw-filmbeval.com. German Film and Media Rating (FBW) , accessed on February 9, 2016 .