Mary & Johnny
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German title | Mary & Johnny |
Original title | Mary & Johnny |
Country of production | Switzerland |
original language | Swiss German |
Publishing year | 2012 |
length | 80 minutes |
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Director |
Samuel Schwarz Julian M. Grünthal |
script | Samuel Black |
production | Samuel Schwarz Judith Lichtneckert / Meret Hottinger |
music | Michael Sauter |
camera | Quinn Reimann |
cut | Rolf Lang |
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Mary & Johnny is a Swiss film adaptation of the play Kasimir and Karoline von Ödön von Horváth from 2012, directed by Samuel Schwarz and Julian M. Grünthal . The film opened in Swiss cinemas on July 5, 2012.
content
At the Züri Fäscht 2010, Mary and her boyfriend Johnny meet. Mary would like to watch the final of the Soccer World Cup, which will take place shortly. Her friend Johnny, who has just become unemployed, is in a bad mood. Both get into an argument and spend the evening alone. They have some unusual experiences in the nightlife and they are always close to meeting again. Only when morning comes do they meet again.
Festival presence
The film premiered at the Zurich Film Festival on September 22, 2011. Then it was seen at the Hof International Film Festival and in the competition of the Film Festival Max Ophüls Preis , where it received an honorable mention from the jury with the following words: “MARY & JOHNNY is a fast, tough and anarchist film close to the lifestyle of a generation seeking meaning . The filmmakers and the ensemble masterfully succeed in translating classical literature into an unmistakable young film language. "
criticism
The majority of the film was very well received by the Swiss press. The Tagesanzeiger wrote: “Dialogue, soundtrack and visual language are just right here. They blur into a sad, addictive rush of intoxication and night. ”Die Weltwoche said:“ Given the many simple-minded and clumsy Swiss films, Mary & Johnny is almost revolutionary ”and the NZZ Folio wrote:“ A film, fast and garish, cheap and witty, angry and massive. "
The press in Germany also responded positively to the film. Saarländischer Rundfunk Online wrote: “There are a few new adaptations of Horvath's classic, but 'Mary & Johnny' can certainly keep up. On the one hand, this is due to the credible actors and, on the other hand, to the excellent camera work. Thanks to this, the viewer feels right in the middle of the crowd - and despite the thousands of colors and changing impressions, they still keep track of things. "The TAZ wrote:" What makes this bitterly evil prolodrama so outrageously good is that it is both banal and highly complex in a very entertaining way Mechanisms of power and seduction exposed. "
Web links
- Mary & Johnny in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website