The Goddess of 1967
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Japanese and the goddess |
| Original title | The Goddess of 1967 |
| Country of production | Australia |
| original language | English , Japanese |
| Publishing year | 2000 |
| length | 119 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Clara Law |
| script |
Clara Law , Eddie Ling-Ching Fong |
| production | Eddie Ling-Ching Fong |
| music | Jen Anderson |
| camera | Dion Beebe |
| cut | Kate Williams |
| occupation | |
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The Goddess of 1967 (German title: The Japanese and the Goddess , French La Déesse de 1967 ) is an Australian road movie from 2000 by the Macau- born director Clara Law . The word Goddess in the title stands for French Déesse (in German: goddess ), the slang term for a Citroën DS , a now legendary French automobile from the 1950s and 1960s, which, along with the actors, is the main element of the film.
The main actors alongside the vehicle are the Australian actress Rose Byrne and the Japanese model Rikiya Kurokawa .
The film was shot in and around Lightning Ridge in New South Wales , Australia . The film premiered on September 2, 2000 during the Venice International Film Festival in Italy . The publication in Germany took place on April 4, 2002.
The Goddess of 1967 has won several awards, including Best Actress ( Rose Byrne ) at the Venice Film Festival and Best Director ( Clara Law ) at the Chicago Film Festival in 2000.
The film remained largely unknown in Germany.
Synopsis
A young, rich Japanese ( JM , played by Rikiya Kurokawa) travels to Australia with the intention of buying his dream car - a pink 1967 Citroën DS. But instead of the man he was in contact with on the Internet, he only met a blind girl ( BG , Rose Byrne) who took him on a five-day trip across the Australian continent to find the supposed owner of the car .
Trivia
- The song from the dance scene between BG and JM is Walk - Don't Run by The Ventures in the 1964 version.
- 3sat broadcast the original film with German subtitles as part of the Filmforum on December 13, 2005 at 10:25 pm.
See also
- Cold Fever : A film (original title: Á Köldum Klaka ) by the Icelandic director Friðrik Þór Friðriksson from 1995 with a similar plot.
Web links
- The Goddess of 1967 in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Kairos Filmverleih (official distributor in Germany).
- Database entry at the Swiss film distributor trigon-film
- Soundtrack. Official website at Head Records.
Individual evidence
- ↑ trigon-film.ch . Film database - trigon-film. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
- ^ ZDF yearbook 2005 - Culture. Retrieved August 10, 2010.