And you're gone
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| Original title | And you're gone |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2012 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
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| Director | Jochen Alexander Freydank |
| script | Monika Peetz |
| production | Marc Conrad |
| music | Ingo Frenzel |
| camera | Egon Werdin |
| cut | Philipp Schmitt |
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And weg bist du is a German television film from 2012, directed by Jochen Alexander Freydank, based on a script by Monika Peetz and dealing with the subject of dying . The leading roles in the tragic comedy are played by Christoph Maria Herbst and Annette Frier . The television premiere was on September 4, 2012 on Sat.1 . A total of 3.05 million viewers watched. The film was awarded the Bavarian Television Prize for best director on May 17, 2013 .
action
Jela Becker, the young mother of one daughter, is diagnosed with ovarian cancer by the doctor treating her . She only has a few weeks to live. From this point on she is accompanied by Grim Reaper. Jela is hoping for a 4-week delay to see her daughter's eighth birthday. She still doesn't know how to explain to her daughter Lucy that she will soon no longer be there for her. Husband Tom now also has to prepare for the role of single father.
Grim Reaper develops sympathy for Jela over time, which gives him hope that he was wrong about the door. That's why he chooses the nagging neighbor Mrs. Griek as his next victim. This, however, proves to be stubborn and bursting with health and will to live. Seeking consolation, Jela begins to see death as a lover who hugs her at the time of her death. This is the only way to endure the pain of parting.
Reviews
“Thanks to Christoph Maria Herbst, who played brilliantly as the bored Grim Reaper, Oscar winner Jochen Alexander Freydank [...] staged the serious topic in a relaxed and entertaining manner. [...] Funny: the brief appearance of Uwe Ochsenknecht as Großkotz, who is picked up by death right at the beginning. "
“Is that possible: a kind of comedy about a seriously cancerous woman, mother, wife? And on top of that on the Sat-1-Platz on Tuesday evening, which usually runs under the label "Romantic Comedy", so that viewers do not switch away from the sheer depth and sadness of private television? Yes it works. It even goes surprisingly well, which in "And weg bis du" is not least due to the main actors Annette Frier and Christoph Maria Herbst. "
“What director Jochen Alexander Freydank has come up with is rich in metaphors, because in the Greek legend, Charon's ferry across the Styx is the decisive step into the underworld. [...] The film is not a drama, but a tragic comedy, also or especially thanks to Herbst, the ' Stromberg ' -steen prankster. Obviously a subject that no director really wanted to dare to work on. Because according to producer Marc Conrad there were several rejections. Conrad speaks of 25, who would have had 'quirks' before a sensitive and difficult tragic comedy until Freydank was found, who was awarded the Oscar for best short film in 2009 for ' Toyland '.
"From this constellation, 'And you're gone' [...] could have become a terribly fluffy piece of clothing, but director Jochen Alexander Freydank ('Toy Land') turned it into an enchanting, touching tragicomedy."
“In their first film together, freezing and autumn enter into a strange symbiosis that can confidently be described as a bizarre love story. [...] In all of this, the film is far from being a piece of clothing that makes fun of a fatal disease. Instead, the thoughtful moments predominate. It's about saying goodbye and living consciously. 'And away are you' is still an easy work because it comes up with comic situations […] The film is above all an appeal to life. And he does that well. "
“A successful balancing act between comedy and tragedy. Christoph Maria Herbst and Annette Frier are a wonderful cast for this romantic couple. […] Director Jochen Alexander Freydank […] ensures that 'And you are gone' doesn’t become a comedy, although the script really doesn’t lack punch lines and slapstick scenes. The wonderfully successful balancing act between comedy and tragedy alone makes this film, initiated and produced by Marc Conrad, a very special work. Peetz and Freydank manage the rare feat of shedding tears with laughter and compassion, especially since the supporting roles, which are no less excellent, add a lot to the good mood. "
background
The film was shot in Cologne. The film's soundtrack includes The Suburbs by Arcade Fire , I will survive by Gloria Gaynor , Try Again by Keane, and Surfacing by Chapel Club . Since September 5, 2012, the film has also been available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in stores.
Web links
- And away you're in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- And you're gone on tittelbach.tv
- And you're gone on moviepilot.de
- And you're gone on sat1.de
- Bavarian TV Prize , 3sat , May 17, 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jan Schlüter: "And you're gone": Strong ratings for Sat.1 . In : quotemeter.de . September 5, 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
- ↑ Report on the website of the station 3sat
- ↑ Review on prisma.de; Retrieved September 8, 2012
- ↑ Markus Ehrenberg: The one who dances with death . on Tagesspiegel online from September 4, 2012, accessed September 9, 2012.
- ↑ Carsten Rabe: When death grabs its teeth on stern online from September 4, 2012, accessed September 9, 2012.
- ↑ Stefan Niggemeier : The Approachable . In: Der Spiegel . No. 36 , 2012 ( online ).
- ↑ Jürgen Overkott: The cancer patient and death on WAZ online from September 4, 2012, accessed September 8, 2012.
- ^ Tilmann P. Gangloff: Successful tightrope walk between comedy and tragedy on Chrismon online from September 4, 2012, accessed on September 8, 2012.
- ↑ location
- ↑ New products catalog from Lighthouse Home Entertainment ( Memento of the original from August 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ; PDF; 2.61 MB) 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.
