Still Alice - My life without yesterday

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Movie
German title Still Alice -
My life without yesterday
Original title Quiet Alice
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2014
length 101 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
Rod
Director Richard Glatzer ,
Wash Westmoreland
script Richard Glatzer,
Wash Westmoreland
production James Brown ,
Pamela Koffler ,
Lex Lutzus
music Ilan Eshkeri
camera Denis Lenoir
cut Nicolas Chaudeurge
occupation

Still Alice - My Life Without Yesterday (Original Title: Still Alice ) is an American drama from 2014 . It is based on the novel of the same name by the writer Lisa Genova .

The main role is Julianne Moore , who won an Oscar for best actress for her performance . The main themes of the film are dealing with the diagnosis of Alzheimer's and the changes in life that it causes. Leading roles are cast with Alec Baldwin , Kristen Stewart and Kate Bosworth .

The film's world premiere took place on September 8, 2014 during the Toronto International Film Festival . The German theatrical release date was March 5, 2015.

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In her early 50s, recognized linguist Dr. Alice Howland's first changes. She occasionally suffers from difficulties with spatial orientation and forgets certain terms during her lectures. She then had herself tested in a clinic and confided her fears to her husband John, who tried to calm her down, shortly before the results were announced. The neurological examination reveals that Alice has a hereditary, early-onset form of Alzheimer's disease . This diagnosis not only shocked her and her husband, but also their three children Lydia, Tom and Anna. A test reveals that the eldest daughter Anna, who is currently pregnant with twins, has inherited the Alzheimer's gene . Tom is not affected, Lydia decides against a test.

Alice hides her illness from the outside world and only reveals it when she is asked to talk to the head of her university about complaints from her students. However, her wish to continue teaching for some time is rejected. Alice's memory deteriorates noticeably, and after visiting a home for people with dementia she develops a plan to maintain some self-determination. She records a video in which she orders her future self to swallow the entire contents of a can of medication if she is no longer able to answer simple questions about herself and her family. Alice is increasingly unable to concentrate and, in search of easy reading, comes across her daughter's diary , which she also reads. In conversation with Lydia, she reveals information that can only come from the diary, which makes her daughter angry. The next day Lydia wants to apologize to her mother for the argument, which Alice has already forgotten by this time.

From her doctor Dr. Benjamin is asked Alice to give a speech at an event organized by an association for people with Alzheimer's disease. When Alice reads the prepared text, Lydia advises her to incorporate more personal experiences, since the audience is not a scientist. Alice cannot deal with this criticism at first, but she takes the suggestion to heart and the speech is a complete success. In it she reveals her fears, but also reports on situations that keep her alive.

Alice's husband receives a job offer outside of New York and suggests moving, which he initially rejects at her request. A carer and domestic help is hired to support Alice. By chance, after a Skype conversation with her daughter Lydia , Alice comes across the message from her former self and tries to put it into practice. Just as she is about to swallow the pills, she hears the front door being unlocked, and immediately afterwards the voice of her supervisor Elena. Alice drops the pills in shock and the pills scatter on the tiles in the bathroom.

After Alice's husband, John, decides to take the call to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, but also realizes that his wife is better off staying in her familiar surroundings, Lydia takes on the task of looking after her mother. After a walk, she recites from the play Angels in America and wants to know whether her mother understood what it was about. After a few moments, and with obvious effort, Alice formulates her answer. It consists only of the word "love".

Reviews

The reviews of the film are mostly positive. At Rotten Tomatoes , 90% of the reviews are positive, out of a total of 147 reviews; the average rating is 7.5 / 10. The critical consensus states: "Benefiting from the captivating portrayal of Julianne Moore, Still Alice is an intimate film drama that masters its difficult subject with flying colors and instinct." Metacritic gave the film a rating of 72/100, based on 41 reviews. Anke Sterneborg from epd Film awarded 4 out of 5 stars. She emphasized that the directors succeeded in a subtle way in conveying "the increasing loss of control and the spasmodic disorientation caused by blurring and a perception that is fraying to the edges". She also praised "the touching, subtle play by Julianne Moore that makes this film an event".

Der Spiegel also highlighted the performance of Julianne Moore, who succeeded in enhancing the film “with her unpretentious play” and “giving it more depth than the script intended”. Die Zeit also praises the “grandiose” acting performance of Julianne Moore in Still Alice , which one simply has to watch “in this role of an overwhelmingly lovable and lovable woman whose brain returns to the child she was at the very beginning of life ". For the conditions of American narrative cinema, which loves sickness tragedies and the resulting family tragedies, Still Alice is "as sober and realistic as possible and as sentimentally moving as necessary".

Awards

Still Alice and his crew, especially the leading actress Julianne Moore , 44 times total for a price nominated and awarded them 34 times. The following is a selection:

AACTA International Awards 2015
  • Award in the Best Actress category for Julianne Moore
British Academy Film Awards 2015
Golden Globe Awards 2015
Hollywood Film Awards 2014
  • Award in the Actress of the Year category for Julianne Moore
National Board of Review Awards 2014
  • One of the top ten independent films
  • Award in the Best Actress category for Julianne Moore
Academy Awards 2015
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2015
Women Film Critics Circle Awards 2014
  • Award in the Best Actress category for Julianne Moore
  • Award in the Courage in Acting Award category for Julianne Moore
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards 2014
  • Award in the Best Actress category for Julianne Moore

Audio film

The audio description for the film was produced by the German Hörfilm gGmbH and spoken by Uta Maria Torp. In 2016 the production was nominated for the German Audio Film Award in the cinema category.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Still Alice - My life without yesterday . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2015 (PDF; test number: 149 644 K).
  2. ^ Still Alice (2015). Rotten Tomatoes , accessed on March 20, 2015 (English): "Elevated by a gripping performance from Julianne Moore, Still Alice is a heartfelt drama that honors its delicate themes with bravery and sensitivity."
  3. ↑ Still Alice. Metacritic , accessed March 20, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Still Alice - My Life Without Yesterday. epd film , accessed April 5, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Alzheimer's film "Still Alice" - Why not just cancer? . In: Der Spiegel , March 15, 2015. Accessed February 8, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Still Alice": Something is wrong . In: Die Zeit , March 23, 2015. Accessed February 8, 2018.
  7. ↑ Awards. Still Alice - My Life Without Yesterday (2014). Internet Movie Database , accessed March 20, 2015 .
  8. ↑ Still Alice - My Life Without Yesterday in the Hörfilm database of Hörfilm e. V.