Mapa (TV series)

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Television series
Original title MaPa
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Country of production Germany
original language German
Year (s) since 2020
Production
company		 Readymade films
length 33 minutes
Episodes 6 in 1 season ( list )
genre Sad comedy
Director Jano Ben Chaabane
idea Alexander Lindh
script Alexander Lindh (head author)
production Laura Bull
music Tim Schwerdter
camera Tobias Koppe
cut Felix Rudek
Initial release April 16, 2020 on Joyn Plus +
main actor
supporting cast

MaPa is a German sadcom run by video-on-demand provider Joyn and rbb based on an idea by Alexander Lindh with Max Mauff in the lead role. The series is about the life of the single father Metin Müller , who takes on the role of mother as well as father for his one-year-old daughter.

The first publication took place on April 16, 2020 at Joyn's paid subscription video-on-demand offer Joyn Plus + .

content

The series is about Metin Müller, a screenwriter living in Berlin , and his challenges in life as the single father of a one-year-old daughter named Lene. Since the unexpected death of Lene's mother and friend of Metin from a brain aneurysm , Metin has had to take on the role of mother in addition to the role of father. His new status as a single father changes the relationship with his family, friends and colleagues as well as his image of himself.

In the series, in addition to Metin's life after Emma's death, the time before Lene's birth, in which they lived happily together, as well as the period after Lene's birth and before Emma's death, in which both have problems taking on their parenting role and often argue , thematized. Furthermore, scenes from Metin's childhood can be seen in the fourth episode.

occupation

Main and secondary cast

Actors who play a recurring leading and supporting role. Sorted by episode appearance.

role Actress comment consequences
Metin Müller Max Mauff Partner of Emma, ​​father of Lene, son of Claudia 1-6
Emma Fux Lia from Blarer Metin's partner, Lene's mother, dies of a brain aneurysm 1-3, 5-6
Claudia Müller Lina Wendel Metin's mother, Lene's grandmother 1-4, 6
Matha Rahemi Maryam Zaree Metin's friend, had a sexual relationship with Emma 1-3, 5-6
Tom Augustin Bastian Reiber Friend of Metin, spouse of Mia 1-3, 5-6
Mia Augustin Christin Nichols Tom's wife 1, 3
Lene Ella Gaida / Anni Gaida Daughter of Metin and Emma, ​​granddaughter of Claudia 1-6
Remarks
  1. ↑ In episode 6 only voice

Guest appearances

Actors who guest roles in one or more episodes.

role Actress consequences
Mother in the playground Linda Marlen Runge 1
Mother in the playground Nanda Ben Chaabane 1
Youth at the train station Michelangelo Fortuzzi 1
Employee at Ikea Sophie Hutter 1
Customer at Ikea Ole Eisfeld 1
Homeless man Dustin John 1, 6
Metin's neighbor Birthe Wolter 2
OK Arda Gorkem 2, 6
Friend of okay Mohamed Issa 2, 6
policewoman Çiğdem Teke 2
Mother of okay Meral Perin 2
Registrar and funeral orator Matthias Bundschuh 3
Harry Nicki von Tempelhoff 4th
Anna Amelie Kiefer 4th
Kindergarten teacher Bia Katja Plodzistaya 4-5
Grandma Helga (1994) Maria maid woman 4th
Claudia Müller (1994) Nathalie Thiede 4th
Metin Müller (1994) Martin Glukowski 4th
Screenwriter Deniz Banafshe Hourmazdi 5
Scriptwriter Sophie Amélie Miloy 5
Screenwriter John Richard Kropf 5
Laurence Bjorn Harras 5
Airport security staff Tristan Seith 6th
flight attendant Dela Dabulamanzi 6th

production

History of origin

The idea for the series comes from the German screenwriter Alexander Lindh , who has already worked on the series Druck , Arman's Secret and Culpa - Nobody is guilty , among others . In an interview he announced that the idea came about during his first vacation with his child and his partner. He asked himself how his mother managed to raise him on her own, since he already felt completely overwhelmed with a partner. With the series he wants to make it clear that fathers are "no less responsible for their child."

Under the working title Mappa , the series and the production company Readymade Films received funding of 20,000 euros from the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg for the development phase at the end of March 2018 . At that time it was announced that Alexander Lindh and Sabine Steyer would write the scripts for the series and that Samira Radsi would be directing the series. In September 2019 she finally received a production grant of 300,000 euros again from the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg. It was also announced that the streaming platform Joyn and the state broadcaster rbb are clients of the series.

MaPa is a suitcase word consisting of the words Mama and Papa .

Pre-production and shooting

The Sadcom is produced by Laura Bull by the German production company Readymade Films under the direction of Alexander Lindh and Jano Ben Chaabane as executive producers . For Readymade Films, the series is the second series production after Culpa - Nobody Is Guilty , in which Lindh and Ben Chaabane were also involved as series inventors, screenwriters and directors. In addition, the executive producer Lena Wickert for Joyn and the rbb editor Kerstin Freels were involved in the production. For the casting was Nina Haun responsible.

The shooting for the six episodes took place under the direction of Jano Ben Chaabane from October to December 2019 in Berlin and Potsdam . Lindh was the head writer on the scripts, along with Ben Chaabane, Bull, Daniel Hendler , Luisa Hardenberg and Donna Sharpe . While Sophie Klebba was responsible for the costume design, Janina Kuhlmann was responsible for the makeup . Tobias Koppe acted as cameraman.

Post production

Felix Rudek was responsible for the editing , Tim Schwerdter as the composer for the music.

Instead of an opening credits , in which, among other things, the logo of the series is shown, different company logos are shown within the first minutes of an episode with the series title as the company name, for example as a moving company or travel agency. The title melody sounds. There are only cast and crew credits in the first episode, designed and animated by Carmen Prinz.

Beta Film is responsible for worldwide sales .

publication

Logos of the two series clients Joyn and rbb Logos of the two series clients Joyn and rbb
Logos of the two series clients Joyn and rbb

The first trailer with excerpts from the series was published on April 8, 2020 on the YouTube channel of the streaming platform Joyn .

The first publication of all six episodes took place a week later on April 16, 2020 on Joyn's paid subscription video-on-demand offer Joyn Plus + . It is the second paid, self-produced television series on Joyn Plus +, after the thriller series Dignity was released in December 2019 .

Episode list

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		Original title Director script
1 1 The toilet brush Jano Ben Chaabane Alexander Lindh
2 2 mummy Jano Ben Chaabane Daniel Hendler
3 3 Mourning Jano Ben Chaabane Alexander Lindh
4th 4th Old ego Jano Ben Chaabane Jano Ben Chaabane, Laura Bull
5 5 What matters is now Jano Ben Chaabane Luisa Hardenberg
6th 6th Emma Jano Ben Chaabane Donna Sharpe
On April 16, 2020, all episodes were published on Joyn Plus +.

reception

criticism

The series was largely received positively in the German media. For the cultural journalist Oliver Kaever, it is an extraordinary and excellent series because it depicts real life. Every sentence and every picture of the scenes feel like realities. The Sadcom moves the audience to tears; furthermore, because grief and pain are not dramaturgized away. The BR24 culture journalist Vanessa Schneider also received that the series, like reality, is weird, profound and a bit exhausting. Alexander Lindh and the other screenwriters bring together a rare, lifelike mixture of melancholy and gallows humor that has only existed in British series so far. Therefore, the series is worth seeing. At the online media magazine DWDL.de , Kevin Hennings also wrote that the first German Sadcom was a regional pioneer that presented extraordinarily good television. It earths the viewer complaining about the state of their life due to the isolation triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic . According to Sabine Winkler, there are many sad and funny moments in the series as well as romantic comedic scenes. Social criticism is also present.

According to media critic Hans Hoff , the story of the series could be found hopelessly naive and soapy, but one could also deliver the beguiling, melancholy tone and get empathized with the main character Metin . Christian Lukas of the online media magazinequotemeter.de criticizes the series negatively. The series is a rather mixed pleasure. Those who watch the series with their hearts will be left disappointed at the end of the season.

Awards

The series was nominated for the German Television Award 2020 in the category Best Drama Series .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Uwe Mantel: "MaPa": Next Joyn series in the starting blocks. In: DWDL.de . September 12, 2019, accessed April 15, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b MaPa - episode guide. In: Fernsehserien.de . Retrieved April 15, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b Alexander Krei: "MaPa" on Joyn: Did the German "Sadcom" attempt succeed? In: DWDL.de . April 16, 2020, accessed April 18, 2020 .
  4. ↑ The Medienboard promotes new serial TV and web formats: "Captain Berlin" and "Petronella apple sauce" save the world. In: medienboard.de. March 28, 2018, accessed April 18, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg: Activity report 2018 (PDF; 6.7 MB) In: medienboard.de. Retrieved April 18, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Alexander Krei: rehstart for "MaPa": Joyn and RBB invent the "Sadcom". In: DWDL.de . November 5, 2019, accessed April 18, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Franziska Seyboldt: Director about shooting with children: "Screaming, eating, sleeping" . In: The daily newspaper: taz . June 20, 2020, ISSN  0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed June 24, 2020]).
  8. ↑ a b c d Mapa, TV series, 2019-2020. In: Crew-united.com . Retrieved April 18, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Products: MaPa. In: betafilm.com. Retrieved April 18, 2020 (English).
  10. ↑ YouTube video: MAPA - a Joyn original. In: YouTube .com. April 8, 2020, accessed April 18, 2020 .
  11. ↑ a b Oliver Kaever: These films and series are worthwhile. "MaPa", Joyn. In: Spiegel.de . April 18, 2020, accessed April 23, 2020 .
  12. ↑ a b Vanessa Schneider: Series "MAPA": Suddenly alone (educating). In: BR24 .de. April 15, 2020, accessed April 23, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Sabine Winkler: How can a young, single father manage all of this, Max Mauff? In: Welt.de . April 17, 2020, accessed April 23, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Hans Hoff : Life without soft focus. In: Sueddeutsche.de . April 17, 2020, accessed April 23, 2020 .
  15. ↑ a b Christian Lukas: «Mapa» - if the great tragedy does not move to tears. In : quotemeter.de . April 26, 2020, accessed April 23, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Uwe Mantel: Netflix and Joyn stir up public service dominance. In: DWDL.de . June 4, 2020, accessed June 4, 2020 .