To the night

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Movie
Original title To the night
Country of production Austria , USA
original language English
Publishing year 2018
length 102 minutes
Rod
Director Peter Brunner
script Peter Brunner
production Oliver Neumann ,
Sabine Moser ,
Carly Hugo ,
Matthew Parker ,
Ulrich Seidl ,
Klara von Veegh
camera Daniel Katz
cut Peter Brunner,
Oliver Neumann (additional editing)
occupation

To the Night is an Austrian - American fictional film from the director and screenwriter Peter Brunner from 2018 with Caleb Landry Jones , Eléonore Hendricks and Christos Haas. The premiere was on July 5, 2018 at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival , where the film was screened in the main competition and was nominated for the crystal globe. The Austrian premiere took place on March 21, 2019 at the Diagonale film festival , the Austrian cinema release on June 14, 2019.

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Norman is a survivor of a fire accident that killed his parents when he was a child. Since then he has struggled with guilt. With his girlfriend Penelope and his eight-month-old son Caleb, Norman tries to build a normal life and start a family that he did not have as a child.

One night the past catches up with him again when he has to rescue the blind Andi, his best friend, from a burning apartment. This event evokes the memory of the incident of his childhood.

production

Filming took place from September to October 2016 and the film was shot in New York City . The film was supported by the Austrian Film Institute ; Austrian Broadcasting was involved . The film was produced by the Austrian FreibeuterFilm , co-producers were the American Loveless and the Austrian Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion.

Michael Moote and YongSoo Lee were responsible for the sound, Stefan Rosensprung, Philip Waldenberger and Manuel Grandpierre for the sound design, Rachel Dainer-Best for the costume design and Katie Hickmann for the production design.

reception

Oezguer Anil wrote on film.at that the film is not a classic drama, but that it focuses very much on the explosive emotions of the actors and less on a clearly structured plot. Due to the high intensity, there would hardly be a moment to catch your breath, the characters would yell at each other incessantly, which is why it would become difficult over time to get involved in their emotional states. The initially touching moments take on manic excesses, the motivation of which would not be apparent at first glance.

Elli Leeb gave film plus criticism 7 out of 10 points and was quite impressed, but also saw problems: "Despite the use of these“ associative images ”, which are an aesthetic experience, it is difficult to really immerse yourself in the film and get one To find access. So "To the Night" has become a film about despair, hope and failure every day, but which only partially works as the director intended. "

Awards and nominations

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ To the Night (2018) - Release Info - IMDb . Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b c d To the Night (2018) - Awards - IMDb . Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b c Diagonale 2019: To the Night . Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  4. ↑ a b c Austrian Film Institute. Retrieved March 15, 2019 .
  5. ^ Film.at: "To the Night": The hunt for the inner fire . Article dated June 13, 2019, accessed June 14, 2019.
  6. ^ "To the Night" - review. In: Film plus criticism - online magazine for film & cinema. June 11, 2019, accessed on July 6, 2019 (German).
  7. ↑ FreibeuterFilm: Best Director Award for Peter Brunner . Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  8. ^ Nominations for the Austrian Film Prize 2020. In: Academy of Austrian Films . Retrieved December 4, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Nominees for average prices for 2020 have been announced. In: filmportal.de . August 20, 2020, accessed August 20, 2020 .