Vincent want's Sea

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Movie
Original title Vincent want's Sea
Vincent Will Meer.jpg
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 2010
length 96 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
JMK 10
Rod
Director Ralf Huettner
script Florian David Fitz
production Viola Jäger ,
Harald Kügler
music Ralf Hilden Beutel ,
Stevie B-Zet
camera Andreas Berger
cut Kai Schröter
occupation

Vincent will Meer is a German fiction film directed by Ralf Huettner in 2010. The original screenplay for the film comes from actor Florian David Fitz , who also played the male lead. The tragicomedy is about Vincent, a young tourist who is ill with Tourette , who after the death of his mother meets the obsessive-compulsive neurotic Alexander and the anorexic Marie in a clinic and escapes with them in a night-and-fog action on his own in the direction of Italy . In addition to Fitz, Karoline Herfurth , Johannes Allmayer , Heino Ferch and Katharina Müller-Elmau can also be seen in other roles .

The road movie was produced by Olga Films, a subsidiary of Constantin Film , and shot from the end of July to September 2009 in Germany, Austria and Italy. In Germany, the comedy was released for public screening on April 22, 2010, where the film received mostly positive reviews. With over a million visitors, Vincent will Meer advanced to become the fourth most successful German film production of the 2010 cinema year. The German Film and Media Assessment (FBW) awarded the film the title valuable after its release . Furthermore, the production was awarded the Bambi , two Bavarian Film Awards , two German Film Awards and the Jupiter , among others .

action

The Tourette Syndrome ill Vincent, after the death of his alcoholic mother by his father Robert, an ambitious local politician in a specialized clinic in the Allgäu admitted. There he meets the anorexic Marie and his obsessive-compulsive roommate Alexander. Since Vincent wants to fulfill his mother's last wish to see the sea again, the three of them flee the clinic. They steal the car from therapist Dr. Rose and head towards Italy. Vincent has his mother's ashes with him in a candy tin.

When Robert learns of his son's escape, he and Dr. Rose in search of the three. At first he is just out to bring his son, whom he is lovelessly treated, back to the clinic, but during the time he spends with the doctor he develops new feelings for him. Meanwhile, Vincent, Marie and Alex reach the Italian Mediterranean via detours and after a conflict between Vincent and Alex - Alex warns Vincent that Marie has fallen in love with because he does not think she is capable of loving .

On site, Marie collapses because of her heart failure caused by anorexia and is taken to the hospital. After Vincent breaks away from her, he and Alex drive with Dr. Rose and Vincent's father headed for Germany in their cars. On the way, Vincent asks his father to let him get out and goes back to Trieste , where Marie is still in the hospital after her heart attack. Alex follows him.

production

Vincent Wants Sea is based on a script by leading actor Florian David Fitz . The idea for the film came to him after watching a series of television reports about Tourette's syndrome . Fitz, who studied at the Boston Conservatory with a teacher who was ill with tourists, was particularly fond of the “extreme case” of Christian Hempel, whose positive attitude towards his illness impressed Fitz. Fitz asked himself ": What would it be like to write a story about someone who has to grow up under these difficult circumstances?" It was clear to him from the start that he wanted to not only incorporate the tour-sick person into a script as the minor character responsible for the gags , but also wanted to focus directly on the main character. The screenplay for Vincent will Meer was largely created during Fitz's time at the script workshop in Munich, where he applied in 2008 with the aim of “writing something that [he] could possibly play”.

The film was shot on the Nebelhorn in the Allgäu Alps , among other places .

Viola Jäger and Harald Kügler from Olga-Film in Munich could be won over to produce the comedy . The two suggested Ralf Huettner as director for Vincent will Meer , who had to cancel due to other projects. When these disintegrated after disagreements, the originally planned collaboration finally came about. It was not immediately clear that Fitz would take on the lead role, although the director, production and Fitz could quickly agree on it. For the female lead, Karoline Herfurth was approached, who spoke to psychologists about anorexia in preparation for the role . The authentic look required for the role was achieved primarily with the use of make-up. Herfurth, on the other hand, replaced a body double who actually suffered from anorexia in the nude scenes. Agent Nessie Nesslauer only performed a casting for the role of Alexander, and it was decided in favor of Johannes Allmayer . Heino Ferch and Katharina Müller-Elmau had recommended themselves through previous productions with Olga-Film and joined the production at Jäger's suggestion.

The shooting took place from July 28, 2009 to September 15, 2009. In Germany, filming took place in Munich, Berchtesgaden and the Allgäu , including the municipality of Oberstdorf . In the Mangfall Valley , scenes were created in the Bruckmühler districts of Unterleiten and Hinrichssegen, where the local youth center served as the backdrop for the home in which Vincent is housed. In Italy, the two cities of Monfalcone and Trieste in the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia acted as filming locations. In addition to the original location, the scenes that played on the Nebelhorn were also shot in the studio. A 360-degree shot showing the three main characters in front of a panorama on the summit cross was filmed in front of a green screen. Huettner decided to make changes to the script both during filming and post-production . A test screening in front of an audience also influenced the narrative. So Huettner decided to end the film with an open ending after the audience declared the actual ending as "unsympathetic".

Soundtrack

Track list 
No. title Interpreter length
1. Hey soul sister Train 3:36
2. Dancing in the streetlights Clooney 3:21
3. City lights Dania King 3:11
4th If This Is It Newton Faulkner 4:00
5. Point of View Cargo City 4:10
6th Breakeven The Script 4:22
7th crackhead Gunslinger 3:13
8th. Walk on My Own Cargo City 3:28
9. Autopilot Amanda Jenssen 3:03
10. Not an inch Clueso 3:26
11. Belly Up (Radio Edit) Maria Mena 3:46
12. Hiding under blankets Cargo City 3:23
13. Save me later 2 room apartment 3:56
14th Mouthful of Wasps Kashmir 5:16
15th Back up Cargo City 3:42

criticism

Rainer Gansera from epd Film described the film as an "exciting, touching and yet light-footed story". Huettner maintains “the balance between, on the one hand, making the seriousness of the mental illness tangible and, on the other hand, striking a coherent road movie-comedy tone. Above all, he puts his actors in the limelight, brings them into play richly nuanced, leaves room for them to move from the tragic to the comic and then back again idiosyncratic and beautiful contours when the three patients go from being treated to acting and gain new self-confidence ”.

Critics rated Florian David Fitz 's script largely positive.

Andreas R. Becker found on filmstarts.de that “what suggests an uninspired copy of Knocking on Heaven's Door (1997) turns out to be a cheerful and well-cast story with road movie elements. Without ever making fun of the pathological situation of the three unequal travelers or sinking into overwhelming gravity, the film uses the involuntary comedy that inevitably results when Tourette sufferers and obsessive-compulsive neurotics travel together in a confined space and without a plan. Played with a keen sense for interpersonal relationships, the result is a film supported by idyllic images and light guitar pop - original, personable and entertaining ”.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung -Editor Rüdiger Suchsland judged that the film is "not extremely inspired, but always somewhat entertaining". Only the jokes about the handicapped are sometimes “a bit superficial in Vincent wants Meer , an otherwise quiet road movie comedy that fortunately lacks all dismay kitsch.” For Huettner, the production is “at least an honorable comeback that shows how good he is with actors can work, and gives hope that he will be given more opportunities in the cinema again ”.

Jan Oberländer from the Tagesspiegel judged that it wasn't good for the film that it was trying “to be serious and comedic at the same time. Fitz plays the Tourette sufferer impressively, but his character looks like it was designed on the drawing board. 27 years old, twitching since childhood - and never had treatment? An uncomprehending father who, of all people, has to let his son's attractive doctor show him his own wrong path? Even cleanliness freak Alex (Johannes Allmayer) never seems to suffer, but always remains the lovable freak out of the slap ".

Moritz Holfelder from NDR Kultur wrote in his review: “ Vincent will Meer, despite all understandable efforts to be witty and light, lack speed and rhythm in particular. As positive as it is to make a feature film about a couple of handicapped young people, it is deplorable when the work turns out to be quite honest. Only Florian David Fitz and Karoline Herfurth as Vincent and Marie make the humorous conventional comedy an experience: Their attempt to live a rather crazy relationship has the only disturbing power that Vincent will sea then makes suitable for the cinema ”.

success

Vincent Wants Sea was released for public viewing on April 22, 2010. In Germany, after the first weekend of screening, the comedy had around 66,000 viewers with only 150 copies, placing it directly behind the American fantasy film Clash of the Titans in second place in the German cinema charts. The film stayed in theaters until October. The number of visitors amounted to more than 1 million viewers. In the annual charts, Vincent will Meer placed behind Friendship! , Conference of Animals and Resident Evil: Afterlife ranked fourth among the most successful German productions of the year. The total box office result was around 6.4 million euros. In Switzerland, Vincent will Meer reached number eight in the German-Swiss cinema charts.

Awards

Vincent will Meer received the rating of particularly valuable from the German Film and Media Assessment (FBW) .

  • Bambi 2010 in the national actor category to Florian David Fitz
  • Bavarian Film Award 2010 in the categories audience award and screenplay
  • German Film Award 2011 in the categories of Best Film and Best Actor (Florian David Fitz), nominations: Best Supporting Actor - Heino Ferch, Best Supporting Actress - Katharina Müller-Elmau, Best Screenplay - Florian David Fitz
  • Jupiter Award 2011 in the category Best Film Germany

Remake

The film was rematched in the US in 2013 under the title The Road Within and was released in American cinemas on June 18, 2014. The remake starred Robert Sheehan , Zoë Kravitz and Dev Patel .

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literature

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Age rating for Vincent wants sea . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ↑ a b c Stefan Locke: For this film I jump over every stick . Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  4. ↑ If I just try to be politically correct all the time, the film is dead . Retrieved October 19, 2019.
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  6. ↑ Successful with comic neuroses . In: Deutschlandrundfunk . Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  7. ↑ a b c d e f g Report on the cinema seminars with the MedienCampus Bayern . Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  8. ↑ a b Severe anorexia role . Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  9. ↑ a b c Heino Ferch shot in Hinrichssegen . Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  10. ↑ Rainer Gansera: Critique of Vincent wants sea . In: epd film . Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  11. ↑ a b joys of travel. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . Retrieved October 18, 2019 .
  12. ^ Criticism from the FILMSTARTS editorial team. In: filmstarts.de . Retrieved October 18, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Review on tagesspiegel.de , accessed on April 29, 2010.
  14. ↑ Moritz Holfelder: Vincent wants to sea. Release date : April 22, 2010. ndrkultur.de, April 21, 2010, archived from the original on April 26, 2010 ; Retrieved January 26, 2013 .
  15. ↑ a b weekend charts . Focus on film . Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  16. ↑ Blickpunkt: Film: Vincent wants Meer , accessed on January 15, 2010
  17. ↑ Film hit list: Annual list (national) 2010 . Film Funding Agency . FFA.de. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  18. ↑ Vincent wants sea . Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  19. ↑ German Film and Media Rating (FBW): Vincent will Meer , accessed on April 27, 2010
  20. ↑ German Film Prize: "Vincent will Meer" clears the Lola Awards , Spiegel online, April 8, 2011, accessed on January 26, 2013
  21. ^ Entry in the Internet Movie Database , accessed on October 17, 2014