My friend joe

drama
title	My friend joe
Original title	My friend Joe
Country of production	Germany , Ireland , Great Britain
original language	English
Publishing year	1996
length	101 or 102 minutes
Age rating	FSK 6
Rod
Director	Chris Bould
script	David Howard
production	Gerhard Schmidt
music	Ronan Hardiman
camera	Michael Faust
cut	Rodney Holland
occupation
	Schuyler Fisk : Joe; John Cleere : Chris Doyle; Stephen McHattie : Curt; Stanley Townsend : Mr. Doyle; Pauline McLynn : Ms. Doyle; Eoin Hughes : Boyler; Mark Hannigan : Conor; Stuart Dannell-Foran : Noel; Joel Gray : Simon; Katie Carroll : Suzie; Katy Davis : Aideen; Didier Pasquette : Nicolai;

My Friend Joe ( English title: My Friend Joe ) is a 1996 film directed by Chris Bould and starring Schuyler Fisk and John Cleere . The film is loosely based on the novel Jan, mein Freund which was written in 1985 by the Swedish author Peter Pohl .

action

Because he has refused a test of courage, Chris is teased by his comrades. Then one day the courageous Joe appears, who puts Chris's comrades in the shade. Chris gets on well with him right away. But it soon turns out that Joe is actually a girl named Joanne who works as a tightrope artist in a traveling circus. Joe is forced to dress and behave like a boy by her uncle Curt. The friendship of the two is put to a severe test.

background

My friend Joe was filmed between July 3rd and August 10th 1995 in Dublin and Cologne and was released in German cinemas on August 29th, 1996.

reception

Reviews

The lexicon of international films judges my friend Joe as sensitive and "told as exciting as it is complex". Also Cinema uses the word "sensitive" and adds that the children's book adaptation prefer "adults under her spell." The criticism comes to the conclusion "Exciting and sensitive film about friendship". The jury of the German Film and Media Assessment (FBW) found "the differentiated portrayal of puberty conflicts" to be extremely successful and was convinced of the "calm narrative style" and the "psychological deepening of the story of the uncle who had become angry" .

Awards

Awarded the best film at the 1996 Berlinale Children's Film Festival. The film was also given the rating of particularly valuable by the German film and media rating .

Web links

My friend Joe in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b My friend Joe. In: filmportal.de . Deutsches Filminstitut , accessed on September 10, 2019 .
↑ My friend Joe. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed September 10, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b My friend Joe. In: Cinema . Hubert Burda Media , accessed on September 10, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b My friend Joe. In: FBW. Retrieved September 10, 2019 .

[Filmportal-1] My friend Joe. In: filmportal.de . Deutsches Filminstitut , accessed on September 10, 2019 .

[2] My friend Joe. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed September 10, 2019 .

[Cinema-3] My friend Joe. In: Cinema . Hubert Burda Media , accessed on September 10, 2019 .

[FBW-4] My friend Joe. In: FBW. Retrieved September 10, 2019 .