Self-talk
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| Original title | Self-talk |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2008 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK o.A. |
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| Director | André Erkau |
| script | André Erkau |
| production | GFF Hans W. Geißendörfer |
| music | Dürbeck & Dohmen |
| camera | Dirk Morgenstern |
| cut | Oliver Grothoff |
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Self-talk is a movie by director André Erkau from 2008, which had its premiere in the competition of the Max-Ophüls-Festival 2008 in Saarbrücken. There he won the main Max Ophüls Prize and the prize for the best music. The title refers to the inability to communicate with others - "and every failed communication is strictly speaking a self-talk" (director Erkau after a film screening on July 21 in Freiburg).
action
Self-talk takes place in a call center . The main characters are Sascha, Adrian, Marie and Richard Harms. Sascha is looking for a job, although he actually wants to be a show master. To do this, he hires in a call center. Marie, who is actually an architect, also works there, but needs money to support herself and her son. Adrian seems to be the only one who works voluntarily in the call center and is really good at selling overpriced DSL flat rates to strangers. Apart from the call center, however, he doesn't really come into contact with others. Richard Harms is the boss of the call center. He annoys employees with hollow sales phrases (“Your smile is your capital”), but suffers from his failed relationship and his boss, who wants to close the call center. The film follows the life paths of its main characters - similar to shopping - some of which are slightly interwoven. The communication attempts in their relationships outside the call center fail until the characters reach a low point in their previous life. Partly from this exhaustion, partly from the encounter with the other employees of the call center, in the end every single figure realizes that there is no point waiting for another life, because life is happening now.
background
The film is set in Cologne , the fictional call center is called DOM Call. Other supporting roles include: Georg Uecker , Chris Norman and Günter Wallraff . Self-talk started on July 31, 2008 in German cinemas and reached around 27,000 visitors there.
Quotes from the movie
“I've always wanted to be a father ... but more abstract ... so in the near future. But the near future is now. From now until always. "
"From now until always? Hm, that's quite a long time. "
Reviews
"... What I like about" self-talk "is the way people come to terms with their very personal fates and the slightly ironic and humorous undertone with which André Erkau describes this without betraying his characters."
"With tender irony, the director follows so-called failed existences that do not want to be beaten down."
"Erkau counteracts the oppressive insights that arise from this with light-footed and cautiously unobtrusive descriptions of the everyday experiences of his characters."
“The young director handles the multitude of characters who populate a Cologne call center in a masterly manner. All the characters in the tragic-comic film not only appear authentic, but also approachable and real in their vulnerability. "
“Self-talk is a sympathetic film that observes its characters closely and shows their weaknesses with a loving look. The call center ... is the framework for different individual fates, which are interwoven with pleasant ease in small tableaus. "
Awards and nominations
- 2008: Max Ophüls Prize for director André Erkau
- 2008: Max Ophüls Prize - Film Music Prize from Saarland Medien GmbH for Dürbeck & Dohmen
Predicates
- 2008: Film rating particularly valuable by the film evaluation office
Individual evidence
- ↑ Filmförderungsanstalt: Annual List (German) 2008 ( Memento of the original from June 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 23, 2010.
Web links
- Self-talk in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Film launch website