His right
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | His right |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2014 |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Isabel Kleefeld |
| script | Marco Wiersch |
| production | Michael Souvignier |
| music |
Sven Rossenbach Florian van Volxem |
| camera | Alexander Fischerkoesen |
| cut | Renata Salazar-Ivancan |
| occupation | |
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His right is a German television film on the subject of carer crime and senile dementia. Isabel Kleefeld directed from a script by Marco Wiersch. The TV premiere was on November 7, 2014 on Arte . Thekla Carola Wied and Matthias Habich play the leading roles in the film drama.
action
The childhood friends Max Büttner and Leni Schönwald meet again by chance at an advanced age. The sympathy from then still exists. They arrange to meet up for leisure activities together and spend a lot of time together. What Leni doesn't know: Max is under judicial supervision. At times he was found disoriented. Since he had a falling out with his son, the court appointed a professional supervisor.
His condition deteriorates so much that Schallings' carer arranges for home placement. Tragically, Schallings is now also initiating the sale of Max's villa in order to cover the home costs. Leni finds out that this happened far below value. The property was simply designated as an agricultural area. In such cases, a bribe is likely to be paid to the lawyer. Leni seeks help from Max's son Steffen. He hesitates because of the verbal violations in the past, but then supports Leni's efforts to depose Schallings' supervisor. At the hearing, Leni calculates to the guardianship court that the lawyer looks after so many patients that he would have to work well beyond the normal range in order to be able to adequately care for all of the protégés. Together with the ominous real estate deal, this convinces the judge that the application for a change of supervisor is entirely justified. So Leni's persistence worked.
criticism
"This is emotionally high-powered problem television with an admonition character."
"An excellently played, sensitively staged film about the courage of a woman who does not allow herself to be intimidated in her commitment to the fundamental right to human dignity."
Rainer Tittelbach expresses appreciation that this everyday bureaucratic drama by no means looks old-fashioned and that it was photographed in an extremely varied and casually sensual way. The filmmakers have exaggerated the coincidence of a number of dramaturgical motifs, says the television critic.
Web links
- His rights in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Zeitsprung Pictures
- ZDF