Saint Ralph - miracles are possible

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Movie
German title Saint Ralph - miracles are possible
Original title Saint Ralph
Country of production Canada
original language English
Publishing year 2004
length 98 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
JMK 6
Rod
Director Michael McGowan
script Michael McGowan
production Teza Lawrence ,
Andrea Mann ,
Seaton McLean ,
Michael Souther
music Andrew Lockington
camera Rene Ohashi
cut Susan Maggi
occupation

Saint Ralph - Miracles Are Possible is the title of a Canadian tragic comedy produced in 2004 .

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14-year-old Ralph Walker lives in the Canadian city of Hamilton in 1954 as a student at a conservative Catholic school. The boy never met his father because he died as a soldier in World War II . His mother Emma Walker is in hospital with cancer . Ralph lets the school management believe that he is living with his grandparents, whose apologies his friend forges. He falls in love with Claire Collins, who is of the same age, but who doesn't want to know anything about him because she wants to become a nun . He is repeatedly mocked by older classmates, especially after he was caught masturbating in the city's public swimming pool. As a punishment for one of his offenses, he has to train on the cross-country team. Father Hibbert, who trains them, jokes the Boston Marathon and tells Ralph that it would be a miracle if a youngster wins there.

During one of his daily visits, his mother falls into a coma . Nurse Alice explains that it will only be a miracle that she will wake up from her coma.

Now Ralph has one goal in mind: he wants to take part in the marathon in 14 weeks and win it in order to wake up his mother. In an accident during physical education, God appears to him in the form of Santa Claus and tells him to work the miracle. This also means that Ralph strives - in vain - for purity and prayer.

The school principal, Father Fitzpatrick, tries to talk him out of participation because he regards the talk of miracles as blasphemy . Father Hibbert, who also ran a marathon as a young man and almost competed for Canada at the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936 , recognizes Ralph's will to win and trains him.

In the spring of 1955, Ralph took part in the marathon in Boston without the principal's approval. Father Hibbert follows him and gives him spiritual and sporting support. To his great disappointment, Ralph finished sensationally second. In Hamilton he is then celebrated as a hero and accepted by his classmates and Father Fitzpatrick. Claire Collins fell in love with him.

In the early summer of 1955, Ralph's mother woke up from the coma.

Background information

Saint Ralph was filmed in the cities of Hamilton, Cambridge and Toronto on a budget of 6 million Canadian dollars . The world premiere took place on September 11, 2004 at the Toronto Film Festival . In Germany and Austria, the film was shown in selected cinemas from December 2005.

In the USA, where the film opened in August 2005, it grossed a rounded $ 140,880 on the opening weekend.

Voice actor

The voice actors for the German version:

Awards (selection)

  • 2006: Nominated for the Canadian Society of Cinematographers Award
  • 2006: Directors Guild of Canada Craft Award , to Michael McGowan
  • 2006: Young Artist Award , Best Family Film
  • 2006: Nominated in five categories for the Genie Award

Reviews

“A tragic comedy set in the glorified splendor of the 1950s with convincing, if somewhat stenciled characters. The very human film can be understood as a declaration of love for life and youth, celebrates their dreams and conjures up belief in their own strength. "

- Lexicon of international film

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Age rating for Saint Ralph - miracles are possible . Youth Media Commission .
  2. ↑ synchronkartei.de: Saint Ralph - miracles are possible. Retrieved April 1, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Saint Ralph - Miracles are possible. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used