Muriel's wedding
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Muriel's wedding |
| Original title | Muriel's Wedding |
| Country of production | Australia , France |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1994 |
| length | 101 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | PJ Hogan |
| script | PJ Hogan |
| production |
Lynda House Jocelyn Moorhouse |
| music | Peter Best |
| camera | Martin McGrath |
| cut | Jill Bilcock |
| occupation | |
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Muriel's Wedding (Original title: Muriel's Wedding ) is an Australian-French dramedy by director PJ Hogan from 1994 . Toni Collette played the leading role .
action
Muriel Heslop is unloved, clumsy, unemployed, single, too fat and the target of ridicule by supposed friends. Together with her siblings, labeled a failure by the egocentric and dominant father and hardly supported by the submissive mother, she daydreams to the sounds of ABBA songs of a fairytale wedding.
But a blank check from the father - actually intended as start-up capital for a small job as a cosmetics salesman - and the unexpected reunion with her fun-loving ex-schoolmate Rhonda give Muriel a way out of her misery and a new start in Sydney . Muriel and Rhonda live together, find work, and swear to each other never to return to their small town, Porpoise Spit.
However, a tumor in Rhonda's spinal cord thwarted all future plans. After an operation, she has to rely on a wheelchair. Muriel takes refuge from the overwhelming situation into her daydream of the perfect wedding and already rattles off Sydney's bridal shops. Finally, she contacted the South African swimming star David van Arckle through an advertisement and agreed to a fictitious marriage with him for 10,000 dollars, which would enable him to start at the Olympic Games . Rhonda has no choice but to move back to the small town to live with her mother, who now looks after her.
Muriel arrives in reality pretty quickly after the marriage and realizes that an arranged dream wedding certainly does not lead to a dream marriage and that she has to take her life into her own hands again. From home she also received news of the death of her mother, who died of suicide after the father had left her for another woman. Muriel dissolves her marriage with van Arckle and drives back to Porpoise Spit, where she refuses, however, the father's demand that she now take care of the unemployed siblings. Instead, Rhonda picks them up and they both drive out of Porpoise Spit, back towards Sydney.
background
Toni Collette gained over sixteen pounds in seven weeks for her role. The film was shot in Coolangatta , Queensland and Sydney . The budget was about $ 3 million.
The film was first released on September 15, 1994 at the Toronto International Film Festival . It was released in German cinemas on January 19, 1995.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films described the film as "shrill" and "thoughtful", and the leading actress was "credible". Cinema described the film as a “mixture of teenage comedy and social satire”, which Toni Collette made “really come alive”.
Awards
In 1994 the film won AFI Awards from the Australian Film Institute in four categories, namely Toni Collette for Best Actress, Rachel Griffiths for Best Supporting Actress, Best Picture and Best Sound. There were also other nominations in seven categories. Peter Best won the 1995 APRA Music Award from the Australasian Performing Rights Association. In 1996 there were nominations for a BAFTA Award , a Golden Globe Award and the Writers Guild of America Award .
Web links
- Muriel's Wedding in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Muriel's Wedding at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Muriel's wedding. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ cf. cinema.de