What counts in the end

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Movie
Original title What counts in the end
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 2007
length 104 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Julia from Heinz
script John Quester
Julia from Heinz
production Susann Schimk
Jörg Trentmann
music Matthias Petsche
camera Daniela Knapp
cut Florian Miosge
occupation

In the end, what counts is a German film by Julia von Heinz , which premiered on February 16, 2007 at the Berlinale , where it was shown outside of the competition. The official release took place on May 1st, 2008.

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Carla, whose mother has passed away, runs away from her alcoholic father. Her destination is Lyon, where she wants to study at a private school for fashion designers. But already at the train station in her hometown Berlin, all her money and her suitcase are stolen when boarding. The police don't want to ask her for help because she doesn't want to go back to her father; she had stolen the money from him. Completely penniless, she meets Rico, who offers her to live with him. In return, he expects sex and Carla agrees on it the first night.

He offers her to work on his construction site, where a boat is to be converted into a pub. Lucie lives there with her brother Michael. Despite the great contrasts between the young women, the two become friends.

When Carla wants to travel on, she finds out that she is pregnant and an abortion is no longer possible. The child was conceived the first night with Rico, but Carla decides not to tell the father. Since Lucie doesn't want Carla to leave her alone, she offers her that Carla will give birth to her child and Lucie will then pass it off as her own. Carla accepts the suggestion. Carla and Lucie move into an apartment in which Michael also settles. He puts the two under pressure because he knows their secret of motherhood reversed. Due to its parasitic way of life, there are always conflicts between the residents.

As the argument escalates, the toddler accidentally falls to the ground and suffers a concussion. Carla, who finds herself more and more in her role as mother, can no longer bear the conditions and reveals the dizziness. She receives support from the youth welfare office and decides to stay with her little daughter. Lucie, on the other hand, steals money from Rico for the two, but is caught and therefore decides to leave the country. Instead of Carla, she is now going to Lyon.

Reviews

"An intense film about a difficult life without social security and conventions, although the plot is quite constructed, which is easily compensated for by the two convincing actresses."

- Lexicon of international film

“The director and her camerawoman Daniela Knapp find a couple of good settings for the desolation in which the characters move. The two young leading actresses Paula Kalenberg and Marie Luise Schramm also find the right language and appear very believable in their roles - also in their endeavor not to give up. But in the end the film lacks unusual angles and details that could create tension. It remains a rippling social drama. "

- Hamburger Abendblatt dated April 30, 2008

Awards

In 2008 Julia von Heinz won the special jury prize of the Torino International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival . In 2009 the film received the German Film Prize in the category of best children's and youth film.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ What counts in the end. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 23, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ↑ http://www.abendblatt.de/daten/2008/04/30/875959.html