The Keeper
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Keeper |
| Original title | The Keeper |
| Country of production | Canada , UK |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2004 |
| length | 91 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Paul Lynch |
| script | Gerald Sanford |
| production |
Jamie Brown Juliet Jones |
| music | Sacha Puttnam |
| camera | Curtis Petersen |
| cut | Julian Rodd |
| occupation | |
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The Keeper (alternate title: In his violence , The Keeper: Life Has Rules ) is a Canadian - British thriller directed by Paul Lynch from 2004 .
action
Stripper Gina and her boyfriend are attacked by a stranger in a motel. Gina's friend is killed in the process. Krebs and Burns are investigating the case.
Lieutenant Krebs is suffering from trauma caused by the strippers that reminds him of his childhood. His father killed his mother, a former night club dancer, and locked the son for weeks. Krebs offers Gina to take her to the bus station. She accepts this offer; However, he does not take her to the bus, but kidnaps her to his remote house, where he keeps her prisoner in the basement. There he tries to convince her to look for another profession and wants to lead her back on the path of virtue by rewarding or punishing her according to a point system that he has applied to himself since childhood. During the year of imprisonment, several attempts by the young woman to escape fail.
Meanwhile, Krebs is molested by the television producer Ruthie, who Gina finds in the policeman's house. However, Ruthie does not free the woman, but extorts cancer and demands a love affair with him. Cancer kills her when he discovers that - contrary to what she claims - she could not turn over the evidence gathered in his home to anyone else.
Sergeant Burns is looking for the missing Gina. He meets Cancer who tries to drown Gina in a lake in the trunk of Ruthie's car. Burns frees Gina. Krebs stabs his police colleague, but is shot by his former prisoner.
During a confrontation, Gina identifies her friend's murderer. She leaves town; a policeman offers to take her to the bus station. This time she declines the offer.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was a " standard, lengthy thriller with dogged verbal battles and listless actors ".
The Südthüringer Zeitung wrote that the story was " thin " and " predictable ". The film relies on the " appeal of the supposedly abnormal and the charisma " of the characters. It is “ worth seeing ”, “ with what psychological force ” the “ opponents clash in a highly claustrophobic scene ”.
background
The film was in Victoria ( British Columbia turned). Its production amounted to an estimated 4 million US dollars . It was screened on May 14, 2004 at the Cannes International Film Festival .
Web links
- The Keeper in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Keeper at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- The Keeper in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ^ The Keeper in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed August 8, 2007
- ↑ Südthüringer Zeitung, accessed on August 8, 2007 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Filming locations for The Keeper, accessed August 8, 2007
- ↑ Box office / business for The Keeper, accessed August 8, 2007
- ↑ The Keeper's premiere dates, accessed August 8, 2007
