Monsoon baby
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Monsoon baby |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2014 |
| length | 89 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Andreas Kleinert |
| script |
Florian Hanig , Sandra Nettelbeck , Andreas Kleinert |
| music | Daniel Dickmeis |
| camera | Andreas Höfer |
| cut | Gisela Zick |
| occupation | |
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Monsoon Baby is a German feature film from 2014. Directed by Andreas Kleinert , Julia Jentsch and Robert Kuchenbuch play the leading roles .
action
Nina and Mark have wanted a child for years. After trying everything, they see only one way out: a surrogacy. In a clinic in Calcutta, Nina's fertilized egg cells are implanted in the young Indian woman Shanti. The couple returns to Germany, but Nina wants to see the child grow in the surrogate mother's womb. She flies back to Calcutta and makes herself useful in the clinic. But one day happiness ends abruptly: Shanti has disappeared without a trace. It turns out that Shanti's husband knew nothing about her surrogacy. She wanted to tell him after he was born that the baby he thought was his was dead and to keep the money to herself. The plan doesn't work because Shanti's husband follows her to the clinic and confronts her there. He forces her to accompany him home and throws her and her son out of the house. Only under police force does he confess to Shanti's whereabouts - a village in the swamps, probably her home village. With a little help and Nina's help, Shanti can give birth to the baby by caesarean section. Whether she will survive remains to be seen.
Then the next problem: The official at the German Embassy refuses to help and does not issue a German passport for the baby. He had not believed the parents' lie that the child had been born in India and made it clear that he would not support this illegal practice. With that the film ends.
criticism
“'Monsoon Baby', the story of which sounds like a themed film, has become an unusual television film under Andreas Kleinert's masterly hand. A realism concept characterized by a high level of sensuality, which is equally effective in dramaturgy, visual aesthetics and acting, a very successful balancing act between 'relationship history' and the topic of surrogacy, which is coherently incorporated into the film, as well as the clever mediation between German 'values' and Indian culture this TV drama became one of the best TV films of the year. "
“Director Andreas Kleinert gives no simple answers, makes no judgments. Instead, he tells with great sensitivity how a couple tries to deal with the difficult situation and the emotional stress. A moving drama that has a long-lasting effect. "
Web links
- Monsoon baby in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Monsoon Baby in the online movie database
- Monsoon Baby at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ TV film "Monsoon Baby" on tittelbach.tv
- ↑ Monsoon Baby on tvspielfilm.de