Michael (2011)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Michael |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2011 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 16 JMK 14 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Markus Schleinzer , Kathrin Resetarits |
| script | Markus Schleinzer |
| production |
Nikolaus Geyrhalter , Markus Glaser , Wolfgang Widerhofer |
| music | Lorenz Dangel |
| camera | Gerald Kerkletz |
| cut | Wolfgang Widerhofer |
| occupation | |
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Michael is the Austrian filmmaker Markus Schleinzer's debut feature film from 2011 . From the perpetrator's perspective, the film depicts the forced cohabitation of a ten-year-old child with a man who locks them away and abuses them. The premiere took place on May 14th as part of the competition at the 64th Cannes International Film Festival . The cinema release in Austria took place in early September 2011.
action
The 35-year-old insurance employee Michael lives secluded in a house and mainly goes about his work. After work, he deals with the ten-year-old boy Wolfgang, whom he is imprisoned in a room in the basement of his house. Michael, who has a rough deal with Wolfgang, but attaches importance to a neat appearance, is not particularly interested in Wolfgang, except to imitate classic family situations or maintain sexual contacts.
One day Michael tries to kidnap another boy from a kart track. However, he does not succeed in doing this.
When Michael opens the door to the basement again, Wolfgang pours boiling water from a kettle into his face and tries to escape. However, Michael can prevent him from escaping. He drives off in his car (he probably wants to go to the hospital because of his burns), gets off the road and has a fatal accident.
The film ends with Michael's relatives breaking up the household some time after his death and opening the door to the basement room in which Wolfgang was kept hidden.
criticism
At the Austrian theatrical release of the film, Die Presse praised Schleinzer's production, in which the debut director proves himself to be an “intelligent dialectician” : “We know that the lie will be exposed, that the fortress will fall. The willingness to accompany Michael to the end is the greatest achievement of this film. ” In an earlier review of the premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, the Austrian daily also highlighted the achievements of the two actors Michael Fuith and David Rauchberger . The clear and strictly composed images would be reminiscent of those of Michael Haneke. The film's theme polarized international criticism. A “concentrated, clever, well-considered and controversial film” with some dramaturgical weaknesses, judged Spiegel Online and counted Michael among the highlights of the competition for the Palme d'Or so far . However, the film did not receive a prize in the Cannes competition.
Awards
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- 2011: Vienna Film Prize in the Best Feature Film category
- 2011: nominated for the Sutherland Trophy of the British Film Institute
- 2011: nominated in the category Best First Feature at the European Film Awards
- 2012: Max Ophüls Prize
- 2012: Austrian film award for the best sound design , nominated in the categories of best feature film , best director , best screenplay and best camera
- 2012: Acting award for Michael Fuith at Diagonale
Web links
- Official website
- Michael in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Age rating for Michael . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Cannes 2011 Review: Markus Schleinzer's 'Michael'. Retrieved May 21, 2011 .
- ↑ Michael. (No longer available online.) Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion GmbH, archived from the original on May 21, 2011 ; Retrieved May 21, 2011 . 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.
- ^ "Michael": The perversion, encircled by normality at diepresse.com, August 29, 2011 (accessed December 25, 2011).
- ↑ Huber, Christoph: Cannes: “Magnificent shock” for Schleinzer at diepresse.com, May 15, 2011 (accessed on December 25, 2011).
- ↑ Borcholte, Andreas: Film Festival in Cannes: Been to the cinema and cried at Spiegel Online, May 15, 2011 (accessed December 25, 2011).
