Compensation for pain and suffering - whoever wants to be rich has to suffer

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Movie
German title Compensation for pain and suffering - whoever wants to be rich has to suffer
Original title The Brass Teapot
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2012
length 106 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Ramaa Mosley
script Tim Macy
production Michael Corso,
P. Jennifer Dana
music Andrew Hewitt
camera Piotr Simonitski
cut Ryan Folsey
occupation

Pain and suffering - Who wants to be rich must suffer (OT: The Brass Teapot ) is an American fantasy - comedy from 2012 with Juno Temple in the lead role.

action

The newly married couple Alice and John live in simple circumstances. After a car accident, Alice steals an antique tea kettle in an antique shop. She soon realizes that whenever someone is in pain around him, he throws money. Alice initially inflicts pain on herself and lets John in on the secret of the tea kettle. In order to get more money, they first inflict physical and mental pain on themselves, but later also on third parties. Soon the couple will be wealthy enough to be able to afford a larger house of their own in a posh residential area. In this, however, they increasingly feel that the wealth and the cauldron do not make them happier. They feel strange and uncomfortable in the new neighborhood. When her former landlord finally steals the kettle from Arnie, a bloodbath breaks out in his house when John and Alice try to get the antique back. They then voluntarily give the kettle to the Chinese Dr. Ling, who warned the couple about the cauldron and its effect on people. Ling sinks it in the sea.

background

The film is the feature film debut of the director Ramaa Mosley . The script was written by Tim Macy based on a short story he had written.

The film premiered on September 8, 2012 at the Toronto International Film Festival . It was released in theaters in the United States on April 5, 2013. In Germany, the film was released directly on DVD and Blu-Ray on May 5, 2015. It had its free TV premiere in Germany on September 20, 2016 on Tele 5 .

Reviews

TV Spielfilm rated the film as its tip of the day when it was first broadcast , but on the other hand judged that it was "anything but homogeneous", "flippant, erotic and deeply black scenes" often "stand next to each other". The supporting roles come across as "sometimes amateurish". Overall, the film is an "unusually consistent moral sermon".

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ TV Spielfilm, issue 19/2016, page 67