We Have Always Lived in the Castle
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German title | We Have Always Lived in the Castle |
Original title | We Have Always Lived in the Castle |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 2018 |
length | 95 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 12 |
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Director | Stacie Passon |
script | Mark Kruger |
production |
Jared Goldman , Robert Mitas |
music | Andrew Hewitt |
camera | Piers McGrail |
cut | Ryan Denmark |
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a mystery drama directed by Stacie Passon that premiered on September 22, 2018 at the Los Angeles Film Festival and was released in US cinemas on May 17, 2019. A theatrical release in Germany took place on October 3, 2019. The film is based on the novel We have always lived in the castle by the American writer Shirley Jackson .
action
Constance Blackwood and her younger sister Merricat live with their uncle Julian on the hilltop Blackwood estate. You are the last survivors of a poison attack blamed on the mother of the two sisters. They therefore only enter the city of Shirleyville when it is absolutely necessary, because the inhabitants have nothing but contempt for them. When her cousin Charles shows up, who makes Constance look beautiful, he gradually falls for them, while Merricat gets caught up in a power struggle against her cousin.
production
The film is based on the novel We Have Always Lived in the Castle by the American writer Shirley Jackson from 1962, which was later translated into German under the title We have always lived in the castle and in 2019 in a new edition under the title Wir haben Always lived in the castle was published by the Festa Verlag. The novel was also adapted as a play for Broadway.
Directed by Stacie Passon . Jackson's novel was adapted for the film by Mark Kruger with the assistance of Jackson's son Laurence Hyman .
Alexandra Daddario plays Constance Blackwood, Taissa Farmiga her younger sister Merricat and Crispin Glover her uncle Julian.
Filming took place in Ireland's capital Dublin and various locations in County Wicklow in the summer of 2016 . Piers McGrail acted as cameraman .
The film was first shown on September 22, 2018 as part of the Los Angeles Film Festival . It was released in US cinemas on May 17, 2019. At the end of June 2019 he was presented at the Edinburgh International Film Festival and in July 2019 at the Galway Film Fleadh. A theatrical release in Germany took place on October 3, 2019.
reception
Age rating
In Germany, the film was approved by the FSK from the age of 12. The statement of reasons for the release states that the dark story was told in flashbacks and with contemporary features, and the complex characters remained partly ambivalent or profound. Since the fairy-tale setting is far from the reality of life for 12-year-olds and they hardly find any emotional points of contact with the bizarre characters, they can keep enough distance and process the film without being overwhelmed.
Reviews
So far, the film has won over 89 percent of Rotten Tomatoes ' critics and received an average rating of 7.3 out of a possible 10 points
Peter Osteried from the Gilde deutscher Filmkunsttheater writes that We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a calmly narrated, haunting film that scores points not only because of its unreal mood, but also because it addresses the conflict between those “up there” and them Allocate space “down there” in only minimally claused form. The film is primarily a drama, but it also functions as a subtle horror for an adult audience because the film manages to take over the first-person perspective of the narrator Merricat and thus show the events from her point of view, and Constance into one Art StepfordWive, who wants to smile away every problem and conflict and please everyone.
Awards
Irish Academy Awards 2020
- Nomination for Best Visual Effects (Ed Bruce and Nicholas Murphy)
synchronization
The German synchronization was based on a dialogue book and the dialogue direction by Johannes Ott on behalf of Metz-Neun Synchron Studio- und Verlags GmbH.
actor | Voice actor | role |
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Taissa Farmiga | Anna Ewelina | Merricat Blackwood |
Alexandra Daddario | Carolin Sophie Göbel | Constance Blackwood |
Crispin Glover | Andreas Meese | Julian Blackwood |
Sebastian Stan | Björn Schalla | Charles Blackwood |
Paula Malcomson | Gisa Bergmann | Helen Clarke |
Peter Coonan | Peter Lehn | Bobby Dunham |
Ian Toner | Isaak Dentler | Jim Donnell |
Stephen Hogan | Achim Barrenstein | John Blackwood |
Anna Nugent | Katrin Laksberg | Lucille Wright |
Peter O'Meara | Linus Kraus | Sam Clarke |
literature
- Shirley Jackson: We have always lived in the castle. German translation by Eva Brunner . Festa Verlag , Leipzig 2019, ISBN 978-3-86552-709-7 .
Web links
- We Have Always Lived in the Castle in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for We Have Always Lived in the Castle . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 193493 / K).
- ^ A b c Peter Osteried: We Have Always Lived in the Castle. In: programmkino.de. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
- ↑ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/films-visits-castle-87775
- ^ 31st Galway Film Fleadh program. (PDF; 14.6 MB)
- ↑ Start dates Germany In: insidekino.com. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
- ^ Reasons for the release of We Have Always Lived in the Castle In: Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
- ↑ We Have Always Lived in the Castle at Rotten Tomatoes (English) In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
- ↑ Niall Murphy: IFTA Film & Drama Awards Nominations Announced for 19/20. In: scannain.com, July 14, 2020.
- ↑ We Have Always Lived in the Castle. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 13, 2020 .