Rosie (2013)
| Movie | |
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| German title | Rosie |
| Original title | Rosie |
| Country of production | Switzerland |
| original language | Swiss German |
| Publishing year | 2013 |
| length | 106 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Marcel Gisler |
| script | Marcel Gisler, Rudolf Nadler |
| production | Cobra Film AG, Swiss radio and television Susann Rüdlinger |
| music | Reto Stamm, Felix Bussmann |
| camera | Sophie Maintigneux |
| cut | Bettina Boehler |
| occupation | |
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Rosie is a Swiss feature film directed by Marcel Gisler . It was premiered in January 2013 as the opening film of the 48th Solothurn Film Festival and was shown in Swiss cinemas on May 30, 2013.
action
Rosie is a cheerful and stubborn widow over seventy. She smokes a lot and also likes to have a drink. One day she suffers a stroke and is admitted to the hospital, where she is visited by her two children. Sophie is unhappily married and lives with her husband and child in St. Gallen . Lorenz, a successful writer who lives in Berlin , is in a creative crisis. Neither of them can take care of their mother. Rosie herself believes that with a little help from her neighbor , she can stay in her house in Altstätten and not have to go to an old people's or nursing home for a long time.
When Rosie's condition worsened again and she did not want to accept the help of outpatient care, Lorenz traveled to Altstätten more often to help his mother. While shopping, he meets the much younger DJ Mario, who has long been a big fan of Lorenz's gay literature. An affair starts out from Mario, who has admired him for years. Lorenz sees in it only the enthusiasm of a young lover.
When Lorenz is back in Berlin for the promotion tour for his new book and Sophie doesn't have time to take care of Rosie either, Mario helps out as much as he can.
Back in Altstätten, Lorenz meets an old friend of his deceased father's family dinner in a vantage point on the Ruppenpass . Rosie doesn't want to talk to him. She doesn't say a word why she later never had contact with the man who was also a friend of the family. While searching for traces of his father, Lorenz gradually discovers the secret that Rosie has been carrying around with her for years.
background
The story has much autobiography. He had long wanted to make a film in which the story of his parents played an important role, the director said in an interview.
Location
The film is set in Eastern Switzerland , where it was shot in the second half of 2012. A large part of the recordings took place at original locations in Altstätten , such as the SBB train station, the local Coop, the Freihof restaurant, the Ziel restaurant and the «Haus Viva» retirement home. Rosie “lives” in the “Balmerhaus” in Altstätten.
criticism
“Rosie is evil, lovely, devious, generous, demanding, flirtatious, sly, in need of love, bossy, affectionate, coarse, loyal ... wonderful! There are seldom films that offer a character and thus an actress (Sibylle Brunner) such a resonance space as «Rosie». "
"And the razor-sharp Swiss-German dialogues without any embarrassment and the fact that director Marcel Gisler is not afraid of grand gestures and pathos in his drama make" Rosie "a Swiss-German feature film that has surpassed most of the last few years."
Awards
- For her leading role, Sibylle Brunner won the Swiss Film Prize 2013 for best actress.
- The film won the audience award for “Best Feature Film 2013” at the Pink Apple gay and lesbian film festival in Zurich.
- In 2013 Rosie was the only Swiss film nominated for the European Film Award.
- In 2013 the film received the Zurich Film Award for best feature film.
- In Prague, the film won the main prize at the 2013 Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Mezipatra (best feature film).
- At the 29th Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 2013 in Ljubljana, the film received the audience award.
Web links
- Rosie , information from Swiss Films, accessed October 27, 2013
- Rosie in theInternet Movie Database(English)
Footnote
- ↑ Marcel Gisler remembers his youthful arrogance Aargauer Zeitung, article from May 23, 2013
- ↑ Filming in the Balmerhaus ( Memento of the original from April 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Der Rheintaler online, article from July 18, 2012
- ↑ Courage to Big Drama and Risk Article by Geri Krebs in the NZZ from January 28, 2013
