Moonlight tariff (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Moonlight tariff |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2001 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ralf Huettner |
| script | Ralf Huettner, Silke Neumayer , Barbara Ošlejšek |
| production |
Kirsten Hager , Eric Moss , Andreas Schneppe |
| music | Schallbau |
| camera | Thomas Wildner |
| cut | Horst Reiter |
| occupation | |
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Mondscheintarif is a German love - comedy from the year 2001 . It is the film adaptation of the novel by the same name Ildikó of Kürthy .
action
The Berlin photographer Cora Hübsch is single and wishes for great love, knowing that being in love can be pure hell. After she and her best friend Jo spent a day at the Wannsee lido and contracted a bladder infection in the process , she went to a doctor for treatment. In doing so, she meets the attractive Dr. Daniel Hoffmann, whom she falls in love with. During a funeral they both meet again by chance, Daniel being accompanied by actress Carmen Koslowski. Although Cora thinks they are a couple, she summons up her courage and gives Daniel her phone number. Unfortunately, he doesn't call her for the next few days. While waiting, she has the worst thoughts and reconsiders her relationship with her ex-boyfriend, the clever Sascha, whom she met with a flirtation about a Don DeLillo novel , and her current best friend Big Jim, who is actually only there for that to make her believe that love is pointless.
But Daniel finally called, just not Cora, but Jo. Cora had just left Daniel the wrong number. Although she wants to call him immediately, she waits, on Jos' advice, a few more days before they arrange to meet for a meal in an Italian restaurant. After a few small embarrassments, this appointment is a complete success and ends with a kiss and the promise to have another dinner together, this time with Daniel. But the waiting time is again hell for Cora. Corroded by self-doubt that she is not good enough for Daniel, she thinks that she has already hated him as a precaution so that the disappointment of not pleasing Daniel is not so painful. But this dinner is a success again after some initial difficulties. Finally they both kiss, exchange tenderness and are disturbed by Cora's ringing phone shortly before sex. As a precaution, she'd asked Big Jim to give her a call so she'd have an excuse to leave in case of a bad date. She just doesn't need them now. Since Daniel wants to know who was on the phone, Cora makes up a story about an injured grandmother with a fractured femur . As a doctor, Daniel naturally wants to help immediately and does not waste any efforts to help Cora's grandmother. Finally, Cora confesses in the Steglitz hospital that all of this was just a lie to avoid having sex together, which is why Daniel is angry and disappointed, leaving Cora alone.
Cora spends the next few days alone. She sinks into self-pity and none of her friends can cheer her up. She thinks she screwed up, so she wants to apologize to him. But the plan to somehow run into Daniel by chance fails continually, so she apologizes to him with a record of Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track . He accepts the apology and they both plan to attend a party in the country. Since Daniel's Volvo is on strike, however, they spend the night of love in Daniel's apartment. In the intoxication of emotions, Cora tries to enjoy the impression she has after sex. Since she knows that the last impression will always be the lasting impression, she leaves when it is most beautiful. She leaves the sleeping Daniel a meaningful message on a piece of paper and happily disappears into the night.
Your luck just won't last long; because although Cora hopes that Daniel will contact her soon, there is no sign of life from Daniel. After several days of endless waiting, the last hope disappears and Cora finally decides to clean up her life. If Daniel doesn't want her, she certainly doesn't want him and so she makes up her mind that any evidence of their previous failed relationships should be discarded. On the way to the dump, she meets Daniel, who drowns his grief in the arms of Carmen Koslowski. But if Daniel wants to find his new happiness with another woman, Cora at least wants to know why he didn't call her after the night of love, which is why she follows them both in Daniel's apartment. But during the clarifying conversation it turns out that it was her own fault for the situation; after all, it was she who left him that night. Besides, Carmen isn't just any new love affair, it's Daniel's sister. Nothing stands in the way of happiness between Daniel and Cora, except maybe a defective Volvo that should both go on vacation before it went on strike and had to be towed away.
background
Senator Entertainment , Hager Moss Film and SevenPictures Film jointly produced the debut novel by Ildikó von Kürthy, which had sold 350,000 copies by October 25, 2001. The scriptwriters Ralf Huettner, Silke Neumayer and Barbara Oslejsek took about nine months to write the script. The film budget was around 6.8 million marks , 40 percent of which was financed by the FilmFernsehFonds Bayern , Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg and the Filmförderungsanstalt, as well as 60 percent equity. After 37 days, the shooting in Berlin ended on November 13, 2000. The post production was done by Arnold & Richter Cine Technik in Munich . Among other things, the color scheme, lighting and the speed of the film were digitally reworked.
In the cinema the film was finally seen by 349,878 viewers. At the same time as the 2004 European Football Championship finals , the film was broadcast on German television for the first time on July 4, 2004 by Sat.1 . It was seen by 1.13 million viewers, which corresponded to a market share of around 3.2 percent.
As the title song of the film was Weep of Reamonn selected. The single from the second album Dream No.7 made it to number 69 in the German single charts.
Reviews
"Disappointing relationship comedy with clichéd characters, which repeatedly varies one and the same question and does not find original, amusing or even new answers."
“Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Ildikó von Kürthy, Ralf Huettner ( Die Musterknaben ) shot an annoying mixture of comedy and romance film, which is precisely ill with the fact that she cannot decide what she actually wants to tell. If it weren't for an excellent Gruschenka Stevens in the lead role, you could safely forget the work "
“Fortunately, the“ moonlight tariff ”is not a copy of“ chocolate for breakfast ”, but is actually more fun than its English predecessor. Hüttner has conjured up a good mood film full of heart and charm from the novel by stern editor Ildikó von Kürthy. With a 27-year-old leading actress who, as Cora Hübsch, has a lot to do with the waffle, but who can watch so lovingly that you want to save her from her film and all her suffering as a consolation. "
“Huettner's adaptation of Ildikó von Kürthy's giggling-comic bestseller is like listening to friends in the ladies' room. Instructive. Revealing. And funny. Never before has one learned so much about female problem areas, imagined and real. Unfortunately, the Munich director exaggerates the chic styling, steals optical gags from 'Ally McBeal' and helps the pop group Reamonn to make a questionable advertising appearance. But the message, 'There are no rules (in love)', is conveyed by the film so sympathetically that one would gladly forgive him for violating the rules. "
Awards
- New Faces Award 2002
- Best Young Actress: Nomination for Gruschenka Stevens
- Golden Pyramid: Nomination for Ralf Huettner
- Nomination for Horst Reiter
literature
- Cora's love in the city at the "moonlight tariff" , Berliner Kurier , November 8, 2000
- KD: Cora's sharp appearance in a lacquer coat , Die Welt , November 2, 2000
- Interview with Tim Bergmann: Moonlight tariff on digitalvd.de
- Interview with Ildikó von Kürthy: Moonlight tariff on digitalvd.de
Web links
- Moonlight tariff in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Moonlight tariff at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Senator is promoting “Mondscheintarif” on mediabiz.de on October 18, 2011, accessed on August 23, 2014
- ↑ Hager Moss has the moonlight tariff in the box on mediabiz.de from November 30, 2000, accessed on August 23, 2014
- ↑ Interview with Ralf Huettner: Mondscheintarif ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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. on digitalvd.de , accessed on August 23, 2014
- ↑ Top 100 Germany 2001 on insidekino.de , accessed on 23 August 2014
- ^ "Tatort" is football's strongest opponent on quotenmeter.de from July 5, 2004, accessed on August 23, 2014
- ↑ Moonlight tariff. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Moonlight tariff. In: prisma.de . Retrieved June 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Michael Ebert: Vanilla Ice Cream for Lovesickness ( Memento of the original from August 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. on stern.de from October 25, 2001, accessed on August 23, 2014
- ↑ Moonlight tariff on cinema.de , accessed on August 23, 2014
