The Living and the Dead (film)

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Movie
German title The Living and the Dead
Original title The Living and the Dead
Country of production Great Britain
original language English
Publishing year 2006
length 80 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Simon Rumley
script Simon Rumley
production Nick O'Hagan
Simon Rumley
music Richard Chester
camera Milton Kam
cut Benjamin Putland
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The Living and the Dead is a horror- related British psychological thriller directed by Simon Rumley from 2006.

The production, budgeted at around £ 650,000 , was initially shown at various international film festivals before it was included in video exploitation. The German DVD was first released on November 8, 2007.

action

The aging Lord Donald Brocklebank lives with his terminally ill wife Nancy and the overprotected, schizophrenic son James at the dilapidated Longleigh mansion in rural England. The impoverished nobleman devotes his life sacrificially to caring for his family members, when creditors ask him to pay off arrears. Otherwise they threaten him with the expropriation of the venerable property, the last possibility of retreat of the hyperactive, adult James and his bedridden mother.

Economic pressures forced Lord Brocklebank to move to London , leaving mother and son alone. During the time of absence, the mentally neglected son assumes the self-imposed responsibility of his own mother, although a nurse has been appointed. James, who can only suppress his delusions with strong medication, locks out the nurse and tries to live up to his self-chosen responsibility. The mentally unstable man develops a disturbed, almost pathological awareness of the mother in need of care. The situation overwhelmed him and the mother's health deteriorated worryingly. In this phase, Lord Brocklebank storms the scene with the nurse and a police officer. They succeed in isolating James and rescuing the neglected Nancy in an operation.

With James, the delusions grow stronger, he can no longer distinguish reality from fiction. In a kind of intoxication, the psychopath eventually kills his own mother and hurts the dominant father without being fully aware of what he was doing. During the funeral ceremony that follows, James again loses control of his senses and finally kills himself. The grieving Lord Brocklebank is robbed of his two relatives within a very short time. At the end of the film, the long-suffering and broken nobleman reluctantly gives in to his sad fate, the admission to a psychiatric facility.

Awards

Austin Fantastic Fest
  • 2006: Winner in the Best Director category for Simon Rumley
  • 2006: Winner in the Best Actor category for Leo Bill
  • 2006: Winner in the Best Film category
  • 2006: Winner in the Best Supporting Actress category for Kate Fahy
  • 2006: Winner in the Best Make-Up category
Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya
  • 2006: New Visions Award for Simon Rumley

Reviews

The lexicon of international films wrote that the staging was an “oppressive, subtly developed psychological thriller with convincing actors that repeatedly pulled the ground off the audience's feet” , “by artfully suspending the relationship between reality and manic psychological attacks “ Hold.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. cf. http://german.imdb.com/title/tt0483719/business
  2. ^ A b The Living and the Dead in the Lexicon of International FilmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used