The survivalist
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The survivalist |
| Original title | The survivalist |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Stephen Fingleton |
| script | Stephen Fingleton |
| production |
David Gilbery , Wayne Marc Godfrey , Robert Jones |
| camera | Damien Elliott |
| cut | Mark Towns |
| occupation | |
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The Survivalist (English The survivors ) is a British science fiction - thriller from director Stephen Fingleton from the year 2015 . The film celebrated its international premiere on April 18, 2015 at the Tribeca Film Festival and its German premiere on April 2, 2016. The film was released on video in Germany on July 1, 2016. It is a direct-to-video release.
action
The development of the world population is shown as a curve on a timeline . A second curve joins it, which shows the global oil production . Both curves go almost vertically upwards in the following course, but shortly after the millennium the petroleum curve collapses and then the curve of population development : The end of civilization has heralded.
The survivalist lives in a world not too far in the future, where the only thing is to kill others or to be killed yourself, there is a great famine , the resources to survive have become scarce and every stranger is a potential danger . Away from the chaos of the big city, he tried as self-catering on a small piece of land in Northern Ireland , where he manages a piece of land to survive. Actually he tries to keep the hostile outside world away with his rifle and clever traps, but when one day Kathryn and her daughter Milja by chance discover his hiding place deep in the forest and seek shelter with it, the now very lonely survivor overcomes his distrust of him Strange. They make an agreement: sex with their daughter in exchange for food and a roof over their heads. The recluse, who has previously lived in seclusion, longs for human warmth and physical closeness, but their coexistence is shaped by a continued distrust of one another. Nevertheless, they also recognize that their three-person life under one roof is still better than what lies in wait for them in the outside world. Since the food available and what is grown in the garden is by no means enough for three people, Kathryn tries again and again to suggest plans to kill the farmer (his name is not mentioned) to her daughter. In the meantime Milja has noticed that her period is missing. Milja poisons her mother with mushrooms to make her dying easier. The survivalist kills her. When the two of them are attacked by strangers, Milja is able to flee, while the survivalist covers her escape. He is shot with a crossbow. In the last scene Milja applies for admission in a settlement. Whether it will be accepted remains open.
production
Staff and cast
The film is Stephen Fingleton's directorial debut, who also wrote the script. Damien Elliott could be won for the camera . Martin McCann took on the role of survivalist, while the roles of Kathryn and her daughter Milja were cast with Olwen Fouere and Mia Goth .
Filming
The filming took place in 2014 in the area around the city of Antrim and in the county of the same name in Northern Ireland , including here in the woods of Ballymoney.
Marketing and Publishing
A first trailer for the film was published in January 2016, and a German trailer followed in May 2016.
The film premiered on April 18, 2015 at the Tribeca Film Festival and was released in English cinemas on February 12, 2016. As part of the Fantasy Film Festival , the film was shown in cinemas in Munich, Nuremberg, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne and Stuttgart in April 2016. The film was released on July 1, 2016 in a German version by Pierrot le Fou on DVD , Blu-ray and as video on demand . On May 19, 2017, the film was released by IFC Midnight in selected US cinemas and will also be released there as video on demand.
reception
Reviews
The film was able to convince 97 percent of the Rotten Tomatoes critics (out of a total of 38 critics as of July 7, 2017). Jeannette Catsoulis of the New York Times feels in parts of The Survivalist , whom she describes as impressively slim and strictly controlled, the primitive allure of a silent film . Susanne Ostwald from the Neue Zürcher Zeitung describes the film as: A work that is soberly staged to the point of sparseness, which does not rely on the power of dialogue, but rather on a subtly worked out atmosphere of distrust and the will to survive. Luke Ryan Baldock from thehollywoodnews.com speaks of a haunting debut film that is considerate and profound at the same time , but also notes that the film shows that Stephen Fingleton had only made short films before because the film felt too lengthy before it was in it finally come to a turn. Matthew Coyle of Culture NI , an Irish arts and culture website, calls The Survivalist a compelling, hypnotic and masterful debut film.
John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter says the title of the post-apocalyptic drama suggests how to envision the end times : “Every encounter with a new person takes a hard calculation to weigh the risks against the benefits they bring Because of the roving gangs, the three protagonists in the film would eventually be encouraged to work together, DeFore said. According to DeFore, Fingleton intelligently conceptualizes the vulnerability that comes with the seclusion of the small house in the woods.
The acting achievements of McCann, who shines with his credible and uncompromising portrayal of the title role , have also been highlighted many times . Luke Ryan Baldock of thehollywoodnews.com thinks McCann is fantastic and, with his haunted gaze, makes it superfluous to know the history of the world in which the film is set.
Torsten Dewi from wortvogel.de is impressed by the efficient use of the film's budget (of a little less than 1.3 million euros) : The Survivalist 'is a minimal film, shot with little money and primarily three actors in the forest. There are no big effects, no complicated action scenes, no humor, no direct genre elements. By all usual standards, the film shouldn't be very exciting. But he is. Because it is constructed very precisely, because it gives each figure specific, sometimes changing motivations, because it condenses the need for relationships and communities against the backdrop of the apocalypse , until the suspense runs like an inaudible humming sound through the entire duration.
Awards (selection)
Zurich Film Festival 2015
- Nomination for the Golden Eye for Best International Feature Film ( Stephen Fingleton )
- Award for Best New Narrative Director (Special Jury Mention) for Stephen Fingleton
- Nomination for Best Film Narration (Stephen Fingleton)
British Independent Film Awards 2015
- Received the Douglas Hickox Award (Stephen Fingleton)
- Nomination for the British Independent Film Award in the category Most Promising Newcomer ( Mia Goth )
- Nomination for the best young talent (best debut film by an English author, director or producer) for Stephen Fingleton
Irish Film and Television Award 2016
- Nomination for best film
- Nomination for Best Actor ( Martin McCann )
- Nomination for Best Supporting Actress ( Olwen Fouéré )
- Nomination for Best Director ( Stephen Fingleton )
Web links
- The Survivalist in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official page for the film on Facebook
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for The Survivalist . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 159857 / V).
- ↑ When the world ends and you're trying to survive… in Ballymoney Forest near the Co Antrim town is location for new post-Apocalyptic film In: belfasttelegraph.co.uk, July 10, 2014.
- ↑ Video: The first trailer for Northern Ireland sci-fi horror The Survivalist In: Belfast Telegraph, January 28, 2016.
- ↑ Markus Trutt: 'The Survivalist': German trailer premiere for the acclaimed end-of-time thriller In: filmstarts.de, May 13, 2016.
- ↑ The Survivalist In: dvd-forum.at. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- ↑ Katie Rife: 'The Survivalist' is post-apocalyptic action at its most minimalist In: avclub.com, May 17, 2017.
- ↑ Clark Collis: See an exclusive trailer for post-apocalyptic thriller, The Survivalist In: Entertainment Weekly, April 18, 2017.
- ↑ The Survivalist In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
- ↑ Jeannette Catsoulis: Review: Three Must Become Two in 'The Survivalist' In: The New York Times, May 17, 2017.
- ^ Susanne Ostwald: 11th Zurich Film Festival. Existential questions In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, September 29, 2015.
- ^ A b Luke Ryan Baldock: The Survivalist review: 'Considerate and profound.' In: thehollywoodnews.com, February 12, 2016.
- ^ A b Matthew Coyle: The Survivalist In: culturenorthernireland.org, April 28, 2015.
- ↑ John DeFore: 'The Survivalist': Tribeca Review In: The Hollywood Reporter, April 16, 2015.
- ↑ Perri Nemiroff: 'The Survivalist' Review. Tribeca 2015 In: collider.com, April 17, 2015.
- ↑ The Survivalist ( Memento of the original from April 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: fantasyfilmfest.com. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
- ↑ Torsten Dewi: The Survivalist In: wortvogel.de, April 5, 2016.
- ^ IFTA 2016 Nominees and Winners The Irish Film & Television Academy. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
