Dream women

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Movie
Original title Dream women
Dream women logo.png
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 2015
length 109 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
JMK 12
Rod
Director Anika Decker
script Anika Decker
production Christopher Doll ,
Lothar Hellinger
music Jean-Christoph Ritter
camera Andreas Berger
cut Charles Ladmiral
occupation

Traumfrauen is a German romantic comedy by Anika Decker from 2015 . Decker's directorial debut, on whose script the production is based, tells of a family of four different women from Berlin , portrayed by Hannah Herzsprung , Karoline Herfurth , Palina Rojinski and Iris Berben , who, despite their unhappy single existence, become entangled in seemingly hopeless love affairs. Elyas M'Barek , Friedrich von Thun , Max von Thun , Frederick Lau , Nina Proll , Dejan Bućin , Doron Amit and Margarita Broich appeared in supporting roles in front of the camera.

The comedy was produced by Hellinger Doll Filmproduktion in coproduction with Decker Bros and Warner Bros Pictures Germany . The shooting took place from July to September 2014 in Berlin. The German theatrical release finally followed on February 19, 2015. Critics praised the majority of the cast's joy in playing. With around 1.7 million visitors, Traumfrauen was among the twenty most-watched feature films of 2015. In the following year, the production was nominated for the Romy , the German Acting Award and two Jupiter awards, among other things .

action

When Leni learns that her boyfriend, whom she wanted to move in with, is cheating on her, she seeks consolation in her sister Hannah's flat share. Hannah's roommate Vivienne tells Leni about her plan to sleep with as many men as possible in order to forget the heartache. In the evening the three women go to a club together where Vivienne meets Peter. The quiet man takes her to his apartment; On the terrace with a view over Berlin, the two get closer. Meanwhile, Hannah discovers a crush in the bar and tries to get closer to them. Finally she has to be drunk by Leni in a taxi that takes her home. Leni meets the attractive Joseph, who is thrown out of the door because of an argument. Then she meets the young guy who is interested in her and therefore claims that Joseph disappeared with someone else. In Guy's hotel room, the two get closer.

Leni's mother Margaux also struggles with lovesickness, as Carl left her after many years of marriage for the young physiotherapist Birte. One evening Carl stands at the door and admits that he misses her. The two spend the night together. The next morning she learns that her husband wants to stay with Birte. Hannah is released, and Vivienne believes she may be pregnant. Leni learns that Guy is married and has seven children. Peter makes it clear to Vivienne that if she is actually pregnant he will not leave her. All the suitors return to Leni at the same time; she chooses Joseph.

background

Traumfrauen was created on various motifs in Berlin .

Traumfrauen is the directorial debut of Anika Decker, who was previously responsible for the three successful cinema productions Keinohrhasen (2007), Zweiohrküken (2009) and Rubbeldiekatz (2011) as a screenwriter . According to Decker, she was inspired by the lack of “female heroes” in the cinema to write a screenplay whose four protagonists are all women: “I think we have so many great actresses in Germany and I thought they had to have leading roles write". For the cast she was finally able to win Hannah Herzsprung and Karoline Herfurth in the lead roles of the two "highly neurotic" sisters Leni and Hannah, while Iris Berben was cast in the role of her mother Margaux and Palina Rojinski took over the part of friend Vivienne, who Decker was female Interpretation of a "typical romantic comedy male role".

In addition to her dual roles as a writer and director, Decker also appeared as a co-producer. Together with her brother Jan Decker, she had founded Decker Bros. Film Production beforehand. The main producers were Lothar Hellinger and Christopher Doll from Hellinger / Doll Filmproduktion. In addition, Warner Bros. Pictures Germany was won over as a co-producer. Traumfrauen received financial distribution and production funding from the German Film Funding Fund (DFFF) and the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB). The shooting took place from July 16 to September 2, 2014 in Berlin.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack for the film was released on February 20, 2015 by Vertigo.

Track list 
No. title Interpreter length
1. No religion Joy Denalane 3:32
2. Hannah Got Funk Score 0:49
3. Come home Miss Cee & The Sunshine State 2:29
4th Margaux Theme Score 0:52
5. Fuck For Infinity 2 Neeon 3:21
6th Margaux and the cyberbees Score 0:47
7th In the club Score 2:37
8th. The Sun Parov Stelar featuring Graham Candy 2:53
9. Open up your door Richard Hawley 4:43
10. Vivienne's kiss Score 1:05
11. Margaux Memories Score 1:09
12. Cruising Massive tones 3:55
13. Talking Again Ira May 4:16
14th Len & Joseph Theme Score 2:10
15th I'm not the only one Sam Smith 4:49
16. Sorry I have to Leave Now Chris Schummert 4:00
17th tell me Apollo Theo 2:53
18th In Between Days The Cure 2:56
19th Big jumps Emiliana Torrini 3:01
20th Margaux & Hegemann Theme Score 0:43
21st Margaux's Chanson Score 0:42
22nd Lights Ellie Goulding 4:05
23. Hooked on you Parov Stelar featuring Timothy Auld 3:28

Reviews

“So four women strengthen their backs and mix up the men and, in a tennis match, the rival and mortal enemy of Margaux. That is the now common pattern for comedies on girls' evening in the cinema, here with a good cast, from whom Rojinski recommends himself as Cameron Diaz from Germany, ”wrote Hans Gerhold of the Westfälische Nachrichten . All of this is "staged a bit bumpy, with no sense of real timing, often trying to be funny and silly, but certainly ensures a good mood in the target audience through the barrage of slippery jokes."

The cast around Hannah Herzsprung earned positive reviews for their game.

"Sure, dream women don't want to be too significant, and that's quite funny," said Jan Schulz-Ojala from Tagesspiegel . Above all, Karoline Herfurth and Palina Rojinski would give the “public monkeys sugar”, while Berben and M'Barek played more “comparatively naturally” and kept the heart “between everyone”. Decker's film has “form and freshness. Also unlike the million-seller of the ego-maniac Til Schweiger breathes "dream girls", not only because of several equally relevant Schicksälchen is mentioned, almost deeply relaxed team spirit [...] And in fact, quite unblödes entertainment cinema viewers is Traumfrauen all " .

World editor Elmar Krekeler described the production as a “sad film” and wrote in his review that normality hasno placein dream women : “Only when you have to play against something, that was probably the idea, does comedy develop. That's why all the characters drag something individually horrible around with them until they are no longer characters, but bang effects. Most of them pop pretty quickly. Then the air is out ”. The film shows a "thoroughly fun-free, interruptive relationship initiation that [...] is so boring".

Björn Becher from Filmstarts found that the film looked like a string of sorted out skits “that didn't even make it into the show due to a lack of class. This feeling creeps over and over again, especially in the first half. Only then is the loose sequence of humorous scenes trimmed to rough punchlines gradually transformed into a recognizable dramaturgical concept and the narrative principle of sketch revue abandoned in favor of character and plot development - but by then it is already too late, because despite successful moments it is difficult to notice now To empathize with the protagonists who were previously abused for cheap laughs ”.

The magazine Cinema said that dream women rely on the typical ingredients of a German romantic comedy, but spare the audience the shoddy gags of the Schweiger and Schweighöfer films. Decker's film impresses with its perfect timing and pointed dialogues and the uninhibited joy of playing of the leading actresses. The film-dienst described the film as a predictable relationship comedy that flirted with the wickedness of its premise, but rather unabashedly pays homage to the ideal of great love. The pejorative drawing of the female figures could not be absorbed by the well-disposed leading actresses.

success

Traumfrauen celebrated its world premiere on February 17, 2015 in the Sony Center on Potsdamer Platz in Berlin . The release for a public demonstration of the production took place two days later. According to press reports, the production counted around 380,000 visitors in almost 600 cinemas after the end of the first screening weekend and was thus able to place itself in third place in the German cinema charts behind Fifty Shades of Gray and SpongeBob SquarePants 3D . In total, the production attracted almost 1.7 million visitors to the cinemas by the end of the year. The total box office result in Germany was 13.4 million euros. The film ranks behind Fack ju Göhte 2 , Honig im Kopf , The Hunger Games - Mockingjay Part 2 and He is back in 5th place among the most successful German (co) productions of 2015.

Awards

Karoline Herfurth was for her acting performance in the following year for the German Actor award nominated, lost in the ceremony but Caroline Peters . At the 2016 Romy Awards , Traumfrauen competed in two categories in the categories of Best Cinema and Best Producer, but had to admit defeat to the crime film Das Ewige Leben and the producers Barbara Gräftner and Robert Winkler for the feature film Der Blunzenkönig . Herzsprung and M'Barek were also nominated for Jupiter in the categories Best German Actress and Best German Actor.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for dream women . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , February 2015 (PDF; test number: 149 852 K).
  2. ↑ Age rating for dream women . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ↑ a b c d e Anika Decker in an interview . Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  4. ↑ a b c dream women . Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  5. ↑ Hans Gerhold: Lots of small catastrophes. In: Westfälische Nachrichten . Retrieved October 9, 2019 .
  6. ↑ a b Jan Schulz-Ojala: Lots of small catastrophes. In: Tagesspiegel . Retrieved October 9, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Elmar Krekeler: Oh, my God! This is the future of humor! In: The world . Retrieved October 9, 2019 .
  8. ^ Björn Becher: Critique of the FILMSTARTS editorial team. In: filmstarts.de . Retrieved October 9, 2019 .
  9. ↑ dream women. Cinema , accessed March 19, 2015 .
  10. ↑ Michael Ranze: dream women. film-dienst, 5/2015, accessed on March 19, 2015 .
  11. ↑ a b "Dream Women" in Berlin . October 17, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  12. ↑ Jens Schröder: "SpongeBob" with a great start - but no chance against "Fifty Shades of Gray" . February 23, 2015. Accessed January 21, 2017.
  13. ↑ a b Film hit list: Annual list (German) 2015 . In: Filmförderungsanstalt . FFA.de.  ( 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.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.ffa.de  
  14. ↑ Warner Home Video Germany> dream women . In: Blickpunkt: Film . Mediabiz.de. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  15. ↑ a b Press release: German Actor Award (DSP) 2016 . bffs.de. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  16. ↑ These are the nominees for the KURIER ROMY 2016 . kurier.at . Retrieved October 9, 2019.