Transfer (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | transfer |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Damir Lukačević |
| script | Damir Lukačević Gabi Blauert Gerald Klein |
| production |
Martin Lehwald Marcos Kantis Michal Pokorny |
| music | Enis Rotthoff |
| camera | Francisco Dominguez |
| cut | Frank Brummundt |
| occupation | |
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Transfer is a German science fiction film directed by Damir Lukačević based on a story by Elia Barceló .
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Germany in the near future: Hermann Goldbeck and his wife Anna have lived a long, happy life together. Anna fell ill with cancer in old age and only had a few months to live. Her husband persuades her to take a radical new measure against aging.
At the genetic engineering company "Menzana", wealthy people can have their personality transferred into a new, young body and build on what they have already achieved in a second life.
Hermann and Anna buy the perfect bodies of a young African and a beautiful African woman.
However, it is not about empty shells that you can slip into carefree, but about real people who suppress their own consciousness with drugs and thus make room for the new spirit. Hermann and Anna now have their new bodies for twenty hours a day. The two Africans, on the other hand, only regain their own consciousness for four hours each night.
Apolain from Mali and Sarah from Ethiopia know what they are getting into. Their families have crossed the line of absolute need. In order to ensure their survival in Africa, they have decided to sell what little they have. The only thing of value in the European market is her body, which is so young, so attractive and healthy that one of the many millionaires from the western world wants to own it.
After the successful personality transfer, a new life begins for all four. While Hermann initially enjoys his newly acquired youth, Anna hesitantly approaches her new black identity.
In their nocturnal solitude, Sarah and Apolain find each other and fall in love. When Anna / Sarah unexpectedly become pregnant, the conflicts come to a head.
Out of love for Sarah, Apolain wants to escape her life in captivity. He manipulates the active ingredient capsules that ensure that the daily personality change works. Apolain tries to take over the life of Hermann and to kill the personalities of the two whites.
This attempt is detected by the Menzana surveillance system. Sarah and Apolain are captured and, after being brainwashed, returned to the "transfer" program.
For ethical reasons Anna and Hermann decide to return to their old bodies, which are frozen in two cryostasis tanks . During the return transfer, Hermann, who had previously announced that he would fight “Menzana” with all means, dies. Anna, who has only a little time left to live, ends up being left alone.
Differences to the template
The story takes place in Spain and the whites are accordingly Spanish. The bodies of the two elders are burned after the personality transference. A “return” is therefore impossible. The conflict between the whites and their “hosts” is less dramatic and consists mainly in the fact that the old man demands an abortion, which is rejected by the other three personalities. The child is finally born. At the end of the story there are 3,386 personality transfers and 514 children conceived in this way, and the world begins to grapple with legal, ethical and religious issues related to them.
Neither in the short story nor in the film adaptation is there a final statement as to whether a transfer of personality actually takes place or whether the personality grafted onto the host body is only a copy and the original body could live on as before without retransmission. In the second case, depending on the interpretation, the destruction of the original body would be viewed as suicide or aiding and abetting suicide or manslaughter , which would raise completely new ethical and moral problems. In the film version, this question is partially addressed, but not in the short story.
background
In order to find black actors who could cope with the demanding double role of the film, a search was first carried out in Germany, then the casting was extended to France, South Africa and England. Eventually the suitable actors were found in the USA. BJ Britt and Regine Nehy played their roles in English and were dubbed by Markus Pfeiffer and Nadeshda Brennicke .
The identification of four souls in two bodies was a great artistic challenge for the young actors, who both young Africans and old whites have to play in the bodies of young Africans. In the run-up to the shooting, the director Damir Lukačević organized a workshop with the two American actors and the German actors who play the white couple, Ingrid Andree and Hans-Michael Rehberg , in which the script was read together and the actors improvise Have appropriated characters.
The areas of image design, costume, equipment, sound design and composition also played a major role in order to ensure that the audience was able to find out which of the characters they are currently watching.
The work for Mehmet Kurtuluş , who was the old inventor Dr. Menzel, as well as his autistic son Laurin with heavily bleached hair and blue contact lenses.
According to the current state of knowledge, personality transmissions analogous to beaming are not possible due to fundamental quantum mechanical laws, since the measurement of one information state would destroy it, which in turn would have effects on the other states to be measured. Even an assumed technical progress could not solve this problem.
Reviews
“TRANSFER is a prime example of how one can open up a new dimension to the strained genre of science fiction films with intelligence and the will to style. Incidentally, this includes ironic nuances as well as discrete quotes from the classics of the genre: For example, the androgynous Cerberus of the ingenious inventor in the background. He is played by Mehmet Kurtuluş. In general, the actors in 'Transfer': Hans-Michael Rehberg, Ingrid Andree, Jeanette Hain and the American newcomers BJ Britt and Regine Nehy make the film worth seeing. "
“In order to create the creepy-beautiful new world of science fiction, the director Damir Lukačević does not need any complex special effects, but only cold light in antiseptic rooms and the hyper-real artificial images of the Red One digital camera. In the field of tension between black and white, poor and rich, third and first world, he stimulates a thoroughly explosive mind game, about colonial exploitation and human trafficking, about youth madness and consumer frenzy, about loss of identity and overcoming death. "
“Lukačević has given his film many levels, and he not only plays with it with virtuosity, he also brings them all to a clean end. Even pregnancy comes into play, which makes the four differentiated characters in the two bodies enter into strange coalitions. The African-Americans BJ Britt and Regine Nehy succeed in imitating the mature whites excellently, and this is how the illusion works - even if Ingrid Andree and Hans-Michael Rehberg sometimes walk a fine line when they recite their dialogues in a heavily accentuated tone, as on television . "
“In its ethical relevance and socio-critical complexity, the adaptation of a story by Elia Barceló combines elements of character drama , romance and moral allegory into a silent horror poem. The stirring science fiction fantasy doesn't need any visual gimmicks or garish effects for its human and moral parable. The minimalist staging reinforces the authenticity of the dramaturgical balancing act between romance and drama, the core conflict of which asks what it is: utopia or dystopia, pipe dream or nightmare? "
“The content of the film sometimes seems a bit overloaded. In addition to the two central discourses on identity and exploitation, the plot also touches on the debates on pre-implantation diagnostics and migration problems in the age of globalization. […] Overall, however, transfer is so fascinating and complex in terms of content that one can ignore such weaknesses. After all, only rarely do films reach the cinema that make philosophical topics so tangible through an entertaining and at the same time profound staging. "
Festivals
- Film Comment Selects, New York City (USA)
- Vilnius International Film Festival (Lithuania)
- Science Fiction & Fantasy Film Festival Athens (Greece)
- Edinburgh International Science Festival (Scotland)
- Shanghai International Film Festival (China)
- Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (Switzerland)
- Pula Film Festival (Croatia)
- Fantastisk Film Festival Lund (Sweden)
- Fantastic Fest 2010 - Austin (USA) - The premiere took place here on September 23, 2010.
- Vancouver Int. Film Festival (Canada)
- Shriekfest Film Festival Los Angeles (USA)
- Mostra Internacional De Cinema - São Paulo (Brazil)
- Festival Cinéma Science Bordeaux (France)
- Science plus fiction - Trieste (Italy)
- Washington DC International Film Festival (USA)
- Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (Belgium)
- London Sci-Fi Film Festival (England)
- Grossmann Fantastic Film & Wine Festival (Slovenia)
- Fresh Film Fest Prague (Czech Republic)
- Scottsdale International Film Festival Phoenix (USA)
- Israeli International SF Festival (Israel)
- SPASM Film Festival Montreal (Canada)
- Film Festival Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- International film festival Emden
- Biberach Film Festival
- Film show Baden-Württemberg
Awards
- Audience award at the 20th Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Film Festival, May 2010
- Best Science Fiction Feature Film Award winner at 10th Shriekfest Los Angeles, October 2010
- Winner of the Asteroid Award at the scienceplusfiction festival in Trieste, November 2010
- The Baden-Württemberg Film Prize in the “Best Feature Film” category at the Stuttgart Film Show, December 2010
- Silver Melies for Best European Film at the Brussels International Fantasy Festival, April 2011
- Audience Award at the Fresh Film Fest in Prague, September 2011
- Honorable Mention at Icon Tel Aviv, International SF Festival, October 2011
- Audience award at the Science Fiction Festival in Athens, March 2012
- DEKALOG Film Prize of the Guardini Foundation e. V. and the St. Matthäus Foundation, July 2016
- The German Film and Media Evaluation FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title valuable.
Web links
- Transfer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Transfer at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wissenschaft-im-dialog.de: What is the current state of research on 'beaming'?
- ↑ Herbert Spaich: Filmspaicher The SWR movie blog. SWR.de, accessed on September 22, 2011 .
- ↑ Anke Sterneborg: Warning, body eater. (No longer available online.) Sueddeutsche.de, formerly in the original ; Retrieved September 27, 2011 . ( 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.
- ↑ Bernd Haasis: In foreign bodies. (No longer available online.) Stuttgarter-nachrichten.de, formerly in the original ; Retrieved September 22, 2011 . ( 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.
- ↑ Lida Bach: The Last Resource. kino-zeit.de, accessed on September 22, 2011 .
- ↑ Martin Gobbin: Review. Critic.de, accessed on August 15, 2013 .
- ↑ movie society linclon center - Transfer . FILM SOCIETY LINCOLN CENTER website
- ↑ 17th Vilnius International Film Festival - Archive 2012 - Transfer ( 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. . Website Vilnius International Film Festival ( Memento of the original from March 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Website INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY FILM FESTIVAL OF ATHENS
- ↑ Science Festival Events - Transfer ( Memento of the original from March 4, 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. . Website Edinburgh International Science Festival
- ↑ SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL website ( Memento of the original dated February 2, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archive 2010 - Transfer . Website NEUCHATEL INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL
- ↑ 57th Festival igranog filma u Puli - Transfer . Website igranog filma u Puli festival
- ↑ History 2010 - Transfer ( Memento of the original from September 12, 2015 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. . Website FANTASTISK FILMFESTIVAL
- ↑ Fantastic Fest 2010: TRANSFER Review ( Memento of the original from September 20, 2012 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. . Fantastic Fest website
- ↑ Our Winners - 2010 ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2011 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. . Website Shriekfest THE LOS ANGELES HORROR / SCIFI FILM FESTIVAL / SCREENPLAY COMPETITION
- ↑ Archive 2010 - Transfer . Website MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA
- ↑ competition officielle 2010 - Transfer ( Memento of the original from January 3, 2013 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. . Website Festival CinemaScience
- ^ Filmfest DC 2011 - Catalog p.20 Transfer . Website Filmfest DC
- ↑ SCI-FI-LONDON 2011 - Transfer ( Memento of the original from May 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Website SCI-FI-LONDON THE HOME OF FANTASTIC FILM
- ↑ Archive 2011 Grossmann - Transfer ( Memento of the original from July 9, 2015 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. . Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival website ( Memento of the original from September 4, 2012 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.
- ^ The Winners of the 8th Annual Fresh Film Fest . Website FRESH FILM FEST
- ↑ past events 2011 - Transfer ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2013 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. . Website SCOTTSDALE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
- ↑ Website Israel's International Science Fiction Festival ( Memento of the original from October 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ SPASM 2011 - Transfer . Website SPASM CINEMA INSOLITE
- ↑ Review of the FilmLand MV awards . Website FilmLand Mecklenburg-Vorpommern gGmbH
- ↑ Archive Films AZ 2010 - Transfer ( Memento of the original from March 4, 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. . FILMFEST EMDEN website ( memento of the original from January 19, 2013 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.
- ↑ Website BIBERACHER FILMFESTSPIELE
- ↑ Winner 2010 ( 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. . Website Filmschau Baden-Württemberg
- ↑ Review of the FilmLand MV awards . Website FilmLand Mecklenburg-Vorpommern gGmbH
- ↑ Our Winners - 2010 ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2011 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. . Website Shriekfest THE LOS ANGELES HORROR / SCIFI FILM FESTIVAL / SCREENPLAY COMPETITION
- ↑ Winner 2010 ( 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. . Website Filmschau Baden-Württemberg
- ^ The Winners of the 8th Annual Fresh Film Fest . Website FRESH FILM FEST
- ↑ Website Israel's International Science Fiction Festival ( Memento of the original from October 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Website INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY FILM FESTIVAL OF ATHENS
- ↑ DECALOGUE Film Award - On the Seventh Commandment
