O beautiful night

Movie
Original title	O beautiful night
Country of production	Germany
original language	German , Korean , Russian
Publishing year	2019
length	86 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Xaver Boehm
script	Ariana Berndl , ; Xaver Boehm
production	Maren Ade , ; Jonas Dornbach , ; Janine Jackowski
music	Paul Eisenach
camera	Jieun Yi
cut	Florian Miosge
occupation
	Noah Saavedra : Yuri; Marko Mandić : Death; Vanessa Loibl : Nina; Gerhard Bös : Butterfly Man; Peter Clös : bathrobe man; Adrian Sical Ernst : Gas station attendant Ronny; Elmar Gutmann : Neighbor Hans; Sven Hönig : Svenni; Soogi Kang : Sookhi; Karin Neuhäuser : Frida;

O Beautiful Night is a black humor tragic comedy by Xaver Böhm , which premiered on February 12, 2019 as part of the Berlin International Film Festival and was released in German cinemas on June 20, 2019.

action

Yuri is a hypochondriac. When he is followed in a dream by a black raven who threatens to peck his heart out of his chest, it causes his heart racing and he Googles the symptoms of a heart attack. The mysterious bird from his dreams drives him into the clutches of an even more mysterious man who imagines himself to be death and accompanies Juri on his last eventful tour through Berlin at night.

production

Noah Saavedra plays Juri

The director was Xaver Böhm , who also wrote the script together with Ariana Berndl .

The film received project funding of 336,000 euros from the DFFF Deutscher Filmförderfonds, production funding from the BKM (400,000 euros), from the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW (180,000 euros), from the Filmförderungsanstalt (250,000 euros) and from the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (200,000 euros) Euros plus a distribution grant of 15,000 euros).

The role of Juri was cast by the Austrian actor Noah Saavedra , who lives in Berlin and has been enrolled as a student at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin since autumn 2015. The Slovenian actor Marko Mandić plays death.

The shooting took place in Berlin from the beginning of November to the end of December 2017 . Jieun Yi acted as the camerawoman .

The film was first shown on February 12, 2019 as part of the Berlin International Film Festival . It was released in German cinemas on June 20, 2019. In October 2019, screenings will take place as part of the Sitges Film Festival .

reception

Age rating

In Germany, the film was released from the age of 12, but is allowed from the age of 6 if accompanied by parents. The reason for the release states that the film has a gloomy atmosphere and is staged in a surreal, artificially poetic style. Drug use and prostitution are discussed, but not glorified, and there are occasional short, shocking moments of disgust that are immediately resolved, so on in the explanation. Even a scene in which " Russian Roulette " is played does not develop any irritating or frightening effect due to the grotesque staging and the negative attitude of the main character.

Reviews

Ulrich Sonnenschein from epd Film writes that Berlin has seldom been alienated in such a neon-colorful way, and that even a S-Bahn passing in the background looks like a special effect. This is how camerawoman Jieun Yi O Beautiful Night is a visual experience. The music that director Xaver Böhm composed together with Paul Eisenach is also helpful for the magical atmosphere, the artistic literary ambience and the Danse Macabre of the trio of Eros, Death and Eternal Life. Unfortunately, the story stands a bit in its own way, says Sonnenschein: "Because of the sheer image design, Böhm loses the plot, the dialogues fluctuate between magical sentences that are reminiscent of Derek Jarman and the banal" don't-do-not-stand " -Sentences that do not make a whole. "