Omamamia

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Movie
Original title Omamamia
Omamamia-Logo.svg
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 2012
length 103 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
Rod
Director Tomy Wigand
script Gabriela Sperl ,
Jane Ainscough
Claudia Casagrande
production Gabriela Sperl,
Andro Steinborn
music Martin Todsharow
camera Holly Fink
cut Simon Blasi
occupation

Omamamia is a German comedy film by director Tomy Wigand from 2012. The film was based on an idea by Claudia Casagrande and based on a script by the authors Gabriela Sperl and Jane Ainscough . It tells of the sprightly emigrant Marguerita, played by Marianne Sägebrecht , who travels from Canada to Rome after the death of her husband to live with Pope Benedict XVI. Asking forgiveness for a long-kept family secret. In addition to Sägebrecht, Annette Frier , Miriam Stein , Giancarlo Giannini and Raz Degan appeared in front of the camera.

Omamamia was realized by sperl + productions and Arden Film in coproduction with SevenPictures and Erfttal Film- & Fernsehproduktion. The shooting took place under the working title Oma in Roma between May and June 2011 in Munich and Italy . The film premiered at the Five Lakes Film Festival 2012 on July 26, 2012 and opened in cinemas across Germany on November 1, 2012 at Majestic Filmverleih . Critics particularly praised Sägebrecht Spiel, but otherwise rated the comedy differently. Almost 73,000 viewers saw the film in German cinemas.

action

After the death of her beloved husband Loisl, the devout emigrant Marguerita remains alone in the idyllic Bigbear Creek in the woods of Ontario . Daughter Marie, who wants her mother to be cared for, decides to sell her parents 'house in the wilderness after forty years and to move Marguerita to the neighboring senior citizens' residence "Sunshine Home" in the city. Marguerita bows to her daughter's will, as the family is facing a trip to Rome that has been planned for decades . But Marie, constantly stressed and worried, sees no time for this and puts her mother off on her seventieth birthday.

Marguerita, who in Rome Benedict XVI. wants to confess a youthful sin, but does not allow herself to be dissuaded from her destination and secretly sets off at night to the airport in the direction of Italy. Once there, she finds accommodation with her granddaughter Martina, who actually traveled to the Italian capital as an au pair with an arch-Catholic family, but now lives with her boyfriend, the rock musician Silvio, and works in a bar at night. Marguerita is initially appalled by Martina's living conditions, but comes to terms with the circumstances and finds an ally in her granddaughter, who, like her grandmother, feels constantly patronized by Marie.

During the general audience she is pursuing in the Vatican , Marguerita meets the crook Lorenzo, who had previously presented himself to her as a blind man, in order to sneak a private audience with the Pope because of a lost bet. Angry about his lie, she pulls out her pepper spray and accidentally meets Benedict XVI. in the eyes. Marguerita is arrested and ends up with the police, who are able to convince Lorenzo of Marguerita's innocence with the help of a fictional story. She will then be released. Meanwhile, Marie happened to be following the events in Rome on Canadian television and decided without further ado to pack her bags and bring her mother home.

Meanwhile, Lorenzo notes that Marguerita is helping the “Lieselottas Taverna Bavarese” run by his nephew Dino to a new success with her Bavarian culinary skills, and promises to bring her to the Pope after all, if she agrees to continue supporting Dino. Marguerita agrees, but when she and Lorenzo in a wedding suit and wedding dress want to receive the papal blessing as "Sposi Novelli" - newlyweds - they are plagued by remorse and at the last second they run away. Meanwhile, Martina catches Silvio having sex with a colleague. She falls from the clouds and throws herself into the arms of her mother, who has meanwhile arrived in Rome, seeking consolation.

In view of the chaos, Marie orders mother and daughter to fly her back to Canada immediately. Marguerita, who wants to determine her own life, initially puts her in her place, but then makes up with Marie. When she then confesses to her that she is looking for forgiveness in Rome because she has hidden from Marie that this is not Loisl's biological daughter but the result of a one-night stand with an Italian musician, Marie runs away into the night full of grief . Martina can finally find her and convince her to forgive Marguerita, who is still heavily burdened by her life lie.

Lorenzo meanwhile uses his contacts at the church to smuggle Marguerita into the Vatican as a cook for the Pope and his followers. Marie and Martina help her cook Kaiserschmarrn for 100 guests, whereupon Marguerita finally receives the blessing of Benedict XVI. can receive. Instead of returning to Canada, Marguerita and Martina decide to stay in Rome. Marie agrees and is surprised by her husband Joe before they return home. Marguerita and Lorenzo also reconcile and set off together on Lorenzo's Vespa in the direction of Monaco .

background

Rome acted as the filming and performance location for Omamamia .

Omamamia is based on memories of the Italian filmmaker Claudia Casagrande, whose German grandmother Marianne, who emigrated to Canada in the 1960s , visited her in Rome after her grandfather's death to meet the Pope there. Casagrande first sent a raw version of the script to Marianne Sägebrecht , who liked the material and brought producer Andro Steinborn with his production company Arden Film on board. Film producer Gabriela Sperl and Jane Ainscough were ultimately commissioned to revise the script. The comedy was produced by sperl + productions and Arden Film in coproduction with Erfttal Film- & Fernsehproduktion and SevenPictures . Sperl and Steinborn appeared as producers; the co-production was carried out by Joachim Kosack, Stefan Gärtner and Klaus Dohle. The project was funded by the FilmFernsehFonds Bayern (FFFB), the German Film Funding Fund (DFFF), the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and the Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA).

The shooting took place under the working title Oma in Roma between May and June 2011 in Munich and Italy . Although the film is set in Canada and primarily in Rome, many scenes were shot in Munich. The Pope's audience and all the scenes that take place within the walls of the Vatican were recorded in the Munich Residence . A shop in Munich's Haidhausen district acted as a tavern for Figur Dino . Even the Munich Airport appears in the film. The opening scenes set in Ontario were shot in Abruzzo, Italy . The Campo Imperatore , a basin-shaped high plateau south of the Gran Sasso d'Italia massif in the province of L'Aquila , served as the backdrop. In the Italian capital, scenes were created on a variety of motifs. Thus, among others, the St. Peter's Basilica , the Colosseum and the II Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele in Omamamia to see. The film was shot in the respective mother tongue. The dialogues of the Italian actors were subsequently dubbed in German.

Reviews

In his review, Andreas Günther from Filmstarts.de particularly praised Sägebrecht's performance and wrote: “Thanks to her, the story rises from the lowlands of the German comedy through a private audience with the Pope. In no other German film has the contradiction between idealized, but also manipulatively used religion on the one hand and flexibly lived faith on the other hand been brought to the screen in such a light-footed, lovable and mildly exaggerated manner. ”He also found:“ The pointed script by Jane Ainscough and Gabriela Sperl proves as a template for a clever film fun, with which Tomy Wigand at least qualitatively surpasses his two successful films Football is Our Life and The Flying Classroom . "

Annette Frier and her colleagues received mostly positive reviews.

Birgit Nüchterlein from the Nürnberger Nachrichten described the film as "predictable [...] light cinema fare". Wigand and Sperl wanted to surprise with “figures that were supposedly brushed against the grain” and yet only managed to create clichés. In addition, it takes some coincidences to “advance the fairytale plot, sometimes comedy moves dangerously close to slapstick, and towards the end a lot of sentimentality is spread”. The comedy would be supported primarily by Sägebrecht's presence. The actors "cut a really good figure in all the beautiful cityscapes".

The Nürnberger Zeitung found that Wigand “was not exactly decried as a fine spirit” and that Omamamia also turned out to be “rather crude nonsense. The story is predictable, looks slightly half-baked and meanders between shallow family tragedy and comedy. ”Why Sägebrechts stepped in front of the camera again because of this film remains her secret. The fact that Omamamia is not “completely bad” is also due to actor Giancarlo Giannini , who successfully portrayed his role “with a wink”. On the other hand, it was annoying that the plot jumps back and forth between Canada and Rome. As a television film, Omamamia would be halfway okay, you should think twice about going to the cinema ”.

The magazine Freund wrote: “Can someone please give Miriam Stein, Marianne Sägebrecht and Annette Frier a big Saturday evening show! The three are amazing. Loriot couldn't have imagined the family comedy about an outraged, extremely headstrong grandmother! ”The Süddeutsche Zeitung, on the other hand, declared the production a“ clumsy consensus cinema with Marianne Sägebrecht, who is always very sympathetic ”. The magazine Cinema described Omamamia as an "exuberant generation comedy with a lot of Italo folklore". Wigand serves "a relaxed mix of Kaiserschmarrn slapstick and a personality show by the Bavarian stunts" Sägebrecht.

success

The film premiered at the Five Lakes Film Festival 2012 on July 26, 2012. The Germany-wide release took place on October 31, 2019 in the Majestic Film distribution . According to press reports, the comedy counted around 20,000 viewers in 123 cinemas at the end of the first screening weekend and was therefore ranked 15th in the German cinema charts. The production lasted four weeks in theaters. According to the Filmförderungsanstalt , the total number of viewers was 72,923. The gross profit was 631,593 euros.

Awards

The German Film and Media Assessment (FBW) in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating “valuable” and wrote in their jury statement: “The basic constellation for Omamamia is perfect [...] Ultimately, a credible and at the same time highly moral story with beautiful approaches for self-knowledge and also for discussion. It is thanks to the cast and the perfect play of the actors, first and foremost Marianne Sägebrecht, who is simply relieved of the most unbelievable situations, that walking the tightrope in the game with overdrawing and clichés also works. A nice camera, good musical accompaniment (the scenes in the disco with grandma are great!) And a quick montage are among the other praiseworthy technical achievements of a film, which by no means only appeals to the ' best agers ' ”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Certificate of Release for Omamamia . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2012 (PDF; test number: 134 180 K).
  2. ↑ a b c d Martina Knoben: Omamamia. In: Brief reviews of the theatrical releases of the week. Süddeutsche Zeitung, November 1, 2012, accessed on November 6, 2012 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e press booklet . Majestic movie . Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  4. ^ A b Marianne Sägebrecht: "Injustice upsets me" . West German newspaper . Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  5. ↑ a b Committed Miriam Stein . Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  6. ↑ a b Omamamia . Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  7. ^ Review> Omamamia . In: film starts . Filmstarts.de. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  8. ↑ Kaiserschmarrn for the holy father . In: Nürnberger Nachrichten . Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  9. ↑ With pepper spray against the Pope . In: Nürnberger Zeitung . Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  10. ↑ Omamamia . In: girlfriend . Girlfriend.de. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  11. ↑ Editorial criticism . In: Cinema . Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  12. ↑ a b Omamamia premiere in Munich . In: Mediabiz . Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  13. ↑ Kinocharts Germany: Bond Is Best . In: Blickpunkt: Film . Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  14. ↑ a b Film hit list: Annual list (German) 2012 . In: Filmförderungsanstalt . FFA.de. Retrieved February 10, 2012.
  15. ↑ Omamamia . In: Mediabiz . Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  16. ^ Jury statement . In: German Film and Media Assessment (FBW) . Retrieved November 3, 2019.