Song for Mia
| TV movie | |
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| Original title | Song for Mia |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2019 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Mira Thiel |
| script | Alexander Dydyna Peer Klehmet Friedrich Oetker |
| production | Fritz Wildfeuer Friederich Oetker |
| music | Michael Herberger Jules Kalmbacher Jens Schneider |
| camera | Stephan Burchardt |
| cut | Andreas Althoff |
| occupation | |
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Song für Mia is a German television film by director Mira Thiel from 2019. The drama was based on a script by Alexander Dydyna, Peer Klehmet and Friedrich Oetker and is based on the Swedish feature film Ego (2013) by Lisa James Larsson. The film is about the young Munich singer Sebbe, played by Tim Oliver Schultz , who loses his sight after an accident and makes the acquaintance of the inconspicuous nurse Mia, who helps him out of depression with her life-affirming manner. In addition to Schultz, Paula Kalenberg , Angela Roy , Daniel Friedrich , Max von Thun and Sophie von Kessel appeared in front of the camera.
action
Sebastian, now in his twenties, the only offspring of wealthy parents, is living his life the way he likes: Instead of pursuing serious career ambitions, he dreams of a breakthrough as a singer and instead works during the day in a fashion boutique. Meanwhile, he spends his evenings with his friends Erik and Finn in the Munich club scene, where the trio indulges in alcohol and women. When the music producer Jens Meinholdt overheard Sebastian singing along in a toilet one evening, he offered him a record deal with his label. Sebastian finally sees his chance for the big breakthrough, but when he runs his forehead against a construction site sign on the way home, he suddenly goes blind. In the hospital, the treated doctor Dr. Michels found a ruptured aneurysm in Sebastian's head, which permanently damaged his optic nerve.
In his need he is forced to move to his parents for the time being, who lovingly but in vain take care of their son. He sinks more and more into a depression and rejects any offer of support. Mother Annelie and father Gabriel finally manage to get the 24-year-old applicant Mia to look after him. The unconventional optimist has little in common with the women from Sebastian's previous life, but after initially being rejected by her life-affirming nature, she manages to give him a different perspective and new courage to face life. On a trip to Tenerife together, the two finally get closer. Mia, who doesn't share his penchant for English-language dance-pop , finally encourages Sebastian for the first time to write a song that really speaks to his heart - and in German. When he presented the song to her around the campfire, accompanied by a guitar, Mia films his lecture and secretly uploads the video to a video portal on the Internet. There “the sweetest blind man ever” quickly became a viral hit.
At home, Sebastian learns from his parents that he can regain his eyesight through an operation. He opts for the complicated procedure and regains his vision a short time later. Mia, who is afraid of not being in line with his ideal visually, continues to strive for a relationship with him after the end of her employment, but Sebastian, who wants to get back to his old life immediately, realizes that they no longer fit together and leave on distance. Meinholdt meanwhile offers him to push his music career forward again, but when Sebastian wants to present his first single under his stage name "Sebbe" at a showcase , his vision problems return and he has to cancel the performance. A short time later he learns that the operation can only temporarily preserve his vision and that he will go blind again in the foreseeable future. When he contacts Mia, she reveals to him that she is about to start her long-planned road trip through the USA and that she cannot accept his invitation to attend his next gig. Spontaneously he takes heart and looks for her in her apartment to pick her up for his gig. There, instead of his originally planned single, he finally presented the jointly written “Song for Mia” before they travel overseas together.
background
Song für Mia is based on the Swedish feature film Ego by director Lisa James Larsson from 2013. The feature film is a Constantin Television production and was realized by Fritz Wildfeuer and Oetker. Alexander Dydyna, Peer Klehment and Friederich Oetker were responsible for the script based on Larson's template. Sascha Schwingel was the editor. The shooting of the ARD Degeto commissioned production began on November 14, 2017 in Munich and the surrounding area and ended on December 15, 2017 on the Canary Island of Tenerife .
Reviews
“Ten years ago Kostja Ullmann would have played the main male role; the film would have been made for the cinema and later shown on ProSieben , ”said Tilmann P. Gangloff in his review for the Frankfurter Rundschau . The story lives “on the contrast between the kind-hearted Mia and the vain Sebbe” and although it was not difficult to “find starting points for criticism, especially since the film is very kitschy in places”, it is primarily due to the two main actors, “that the film is fun despite all the objections ”:“ Paula Kalenberg doesn't have a lot of trouble to distinguish herself as an alternative to the bitter Sebbe, but as usual she makes it very natural and likeable; in addition, she sets the comic accents with seemingly playful ease. Schultz, on the other hand, is perfect as a hedonist with no depth ”.
Anja Rützel from Spiegel Online found that the first one came with the feature film “heavy kitsch guns”. “The fact that the story of Song for Mia seems to be taken over from the kitsch coloring book in such a woodcut style is all the more grieving because the two really good leading actors definitely deserved a less predictable plot”. Tim Oliver Schultz “turns off the juice at exactly the right moment with his mad blind man, before the exaggeration becomes too much”, while Paula Kalenberg “doses her friendly, but defensive Mia well, without playing into the obviously lurking and overly clumsy pretty girl - slipping ugly duckling maneuver ".
The editorial staff of the Berliner Morgenpost described Song for Mia as “easy entertainment with depth - that was probably the aim that the director pursued. Despite some good camera settings, the film remains too superficial. A little too fairytale-like, a little too much kitsch. ”The drama is a“ commitment to the love story, but also to the cliché ”. The “contrast between the kind-hearted Mia and the vain Sebbe immediately seems too stereotypical”, but “thanks to a sensitive direction, the story becomes less and less flat”.
Maximilian Haase declared the production in his review for the television magazine Prisma as a "film as shallow as a pop song". He found that the romantic comedy "in spite of the highly talented leading actors [...] does not exactly mutate into a hit, but rather into a soft, feel-good clink". The film moves “between funny-philosophical approaches, really good gags and that kind of dull pop songwriting-zero music that is rampant in the charts and sold as deep. With that the otherwise entertaining RomCom song makes the same mistake for Mia that she claims to criticize ”.
Quote meter editor Martin Seng described the film as a conglomerate of other well-known films, including Pretty Best Friends (2011), A Whole Half a Year (2016) and A Star Is Born (2018). The connection between the nurse and the patient, in particular, “is a very rewarding theme in terms of the production, as you can use a multitude of emotional tones. Unfortunately, Song does not always do justice to this task for Mia , although the film also shows positive approaches in its almost ninety minutes. “The premise and the film are ultimately not really creative. Still, Song is entertaining for Mia and often hits the right note, even if the cheesy and clichéd components can be heard too strongly. As a temporarily short song, the romance is definitely useful, but not as a long-lasting ballad ”.
success
Song for Mia celebrated on February 16, 2019 the prime time in the first premiere. With 2.34 million viewers and a 7.7 percent market share, the ratings for the total audience were below the broadcaster average. In the advertising-relevant target group of 14 to 49 year olds, 0.59 million viewers tuned in; this resulted in a market share of 6.8 percent.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Tilmann P. Gangloff: One can only see clearly with the heart . Frankfurter Rundschau . February 16, 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
- ↑ Song for Mia . Crew United . Retrieved February 17, 2019.
- ↑ Turned off: “Song for Mia” (AT) . ARD Degeto . Retrieved February 17, 2019.
- ^ Anja Rützel: ARD Schmonzette "Song for Mia" . Spiegel Online . February 16, 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
- ^ ARD film "Song for Mia": First macho, then romantic . Berliner Morgenpost . February 16, 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
- ↑ A film as shallow as a pop song . Prism . February 16, 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
- ↑ Martin Seng: The Critics . Oddsmeter.de . February 16, 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
- ↑ Timo Nöthling: “Song for Mia” goes down in the first . Oddsmeter.de . February 17, 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
Web links
- Song for Mia in the Internet Movie Database (English)