Purely a matter of form
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Purely a matter of form |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2006 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ralf Huettner |
| script | Ralf Huettner Béla Jarzyk |
| production | Béla Jarzyk |
| music |
Stevie Be-Zet Ralf Hildenbag |
| camera | Hannes Hubach |
| cut | Dirk Vaihinger |
| occupation | |
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Reine Formsache is a German romantic comedy film by director Ralf Huettner from 2006.
action
Pola and Felix, once happily married, have drifted apart and haven't seen each other for a while. This changes before the divorce court in Berlin . However, since the judge collapses shortly before, the hearing has to be adjourned. Felix believes in a sign and wants to win Pola back.
Felix lives with Effi and Gustav, whose marriage is not going so well at the moment, and the couple Ada and Wito also have their difficulties. While Felix sleeps with Ada and Wito with Pola, Gustav also gets to know a new woman who only shows him that he has chosen the right woman with Effi. Felix also struggles with a former lover and his paranoid father, while Pola seems happy with her French lover Hannibal and even moves to live with him in Paris. In the end, however, everyone gets along and Pola also returns to Felix after they have carried Felix's father to the grave together.
background
The shooting took place from July to September 2005 in Berlin, Hamburg and on Rügen . Béla Jarzyk first appeared at Reine Formsache as a producer and screenwriter. He was previously known in the film industry as a co-founder of the Players agency , which represents numerous well-known German actors.
reception
With fewer than 55,000 visitors in Germany, purely formality at the box office was a commercial failure. The film reached number 52 in the list of the most successful German films of 2006.
Reviews
film-dienst 8/2006: "Enjoyable German screwball comedy, which is not particularly original in terms of content, but is very entertaining thanks to its solid staging, dialogue wit, situational comedy and convincing actors and sometimes generates poetic cinematic moments."
Johannes von der Gathen / DPA writes under the headings “Flat screenplay”, “Looks like in a commercial” and “Great cast”: “Despite some nice moments, the screenplay by Béla Jarzyk and Ralf Huettner is much too formulaic. In the end, these are all just decals that plunge into an unreliable war of relationships here. [...] A basically not unappealing six-pack, whose amorous contortions unfortunately remain completely uninteresting. "
Web links
- Mere formality in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Pure formality at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for purely formality . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , March 2006 (PDF; test number: 105 411 K).
- ↑ Film hit list: Annual list (national) 2006. (PDF; 500 kB) Filmförderungsanstalt , accessed on December 25, 2017 .
- ↑ Johannes von der Gathen / DPA: Lots of terribly nice relationships. In: Stern.de. April 13, 2006, accessed March 5, 2009 .