Shy People - threatening silence
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Shy People - threatening silence |
| Original title | Shy people |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1987 |
| length | 118 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Andrei Konchalovsky |
| script |
Gérard Brach , Marjorie David , Andrei Konchalovsky |
| production |
Yoram Globus , Menahem Golan |
| music | Tangerine Dream |
| camera | Chris Menges |
| cut | Alain Jakubowicz |
| occupation | |
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Shy People - threatening silence is an American family drama from director Andrei Konchalovsky from 1987. The film is a production of Cannon Films distributed by Cannon International Distributors . It premiered at the Cannes International Film Festival in May 1987 and was released in US cinemas in May 1988 .
action
Diana Sullivan is a successful journalist based in Manhattan New York . Their daughter Grace is a difficult teenager and a cocaine addict.
Diana wants to write an article for Cosmopolitan Magazine about her family who live in a swampy river area in Louisiana. She and her daughter set out to find Joe, who is the brother of Diana's grandfather. They meet Joe's iron widow Ruth, who lives alone in the swamps with her four problem children Tommy, Mark, Pauly, Mike and his wife Candy and learn that Joe is dead. They further learn that Joe and Ruth married when she was 12 years old and that Joe was like a monster to her, beating, tormenting and torturing her just for his enjoyment and fun.
Ruth and her sons have a completely different approach to life than Diana and Grace because of the experiences they had to go through. In the process, completely different cultures collide, which are supposed to lead to a tragic result.
It takes a long time for the two different families to develop trust, and Grace sinks into boredom.
Diana, Ruth and Candy are meanwhile going into town to run errands, where Diana still wants to do some research for her story. She gets to face a world that is ruled by the regional oil industry, which ruthlessly exploits nature and people.
Meanwhile, Grace throws a little cocaine party at home in the swamp, which ultimately ends in disaster. Tommy and Mark run amok and want to kill each other. In the process, Grace escapes in a boat across the marshy river out of fear and is almost injured by an alligator. When Diana returns and learns this, she immediately starts looking for her daughter and after a while finds her safe again.
After this experience, Grace and Diana get closer again and so Diana finally decides to leave the province and return to her normal life. They fly back to New York, while Ruth and her family continue their previous lives, secluded in the swamp.
backgrounds
- Filming took place in Manhattan, New York and Louisiana in the USA. The budget of the film is not known and he played in the United States, only about 769,000 US dollars one.
- The music comes from the German electronic rock group Tangerine Dream with the line-up Edgar Froese , Christopher Franke and Paul Haslinger . In addition to their instrumental music, they also recorded songs with singers Diamond Ross , Jacquie Virgil and Michael Bishop .
- Merritt Butrick had one of his last roles in the film, he died of AIDS in 1989 .
Awards
- At the 1987 Cannes Film Festival , Barbara Hershey was named Best Actress . Andrei Konchalovsky was nominated for the Palme d' Or.
- The Independent Spirit Awards was Martha Plimpton as " Best Supporting Actress Award".
Reviews
Lexicon of international film : A film that impresses with great scenery and good performance, but gives away its subject because it replaces psychological credibility with mythological exaggeration.
Web links
- Shy People - threatening silence in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Shy People - threatening silence. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .