Wasps (film)
| Movie | |
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| German title | Wasps |
| Original title | Wasp |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2003 |
| length | 24 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Andrea Arnold |
| script | Andrea Arnold |
| production | Natasha McLeod |
| camera | Robbie Ryan |
| cut | Nicolas Chaudeurge |
| occupation | |
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Wasps (Original title: Wasp ) is a British short film from 2003 by Andrea Arnold . It is about a young, single mother whose behavior puts her children at risk. The main role is played by Natalie Press . The film won an Oscar in 2005.
action
23-year-old Zoë leaves her apartment with a baby in her arms and three young daughters. Barefoot and in her nightgown, she starts a fight with a neighbor. Because, so exclaims Zoë, nobody beats their children and gets away with it.
On the way home, Zoë meets her old friend Dave again after a long time. He wants to meet her and she can't resist the prospect of a short escape from everyday life as a single mother. Zoë claims she's only looking after the children for a friend and arranges a meeting with him in the pub.
On arrival at home, Zoë tries to find a babysitter for the evening by phone, but fails. She has hardly any money left and nothing to eat for the children except some sugar, which they share among themselves. Zoë opens the window and lets a wasp that has strayed into the apartment fly out.
Dressed up, Zoë meets Dave a little later in the pub while the children have to wait outside. She admonishes her eldest daughter Kelly not to contact her unless there is an extreme emergency. Hours go by in which Zoë only comes out once to bring her daughters a glass of cola and chips and sing a song with them. Since Dave lets her pay for the first round of drinks, she doesn't have any more money. However, he compliments her and they get along well.
While Zoë and Dave are playing pool in the pub, it gets dark outside. The children begin to get bored and hungry. Kelly calls her mother, but she sends the children away to be able to leave the pub with Dave without him noticing. When a bag of spare ribs falls down a passing man , Kelly reaches for the trash so that she and her siblings have something to eat.
While Zoë exchanges tenderness with Dave in the car, she hears one of her children screaming. Startled, she runs to them and sees that a wasp is just crawling into the baby's mouth. However, the dangerous situation turns out well, the wasp flies away. Zoë yells at Kelly about the scraps of food on the baby's mouth, but then she apologizes and hugs her children.
The film ends with a scene in Dave's car. The children eat fish and chips and Dave says he and Zoë have something to talk about. The car drives off and the kids are singing Hey! Baby .
background
Wasps is the third short film by director Andrea Arnold . It was shot in Arnold's hometown of Dartford . Screen South, a regional agency for the UK Film Council, provided some of the funding . The British company Cowboy Films produced the film, with support from FilmFour. Leading actress Natalie Press first became known to a larger audience through her appearance in Wasps and had her breakthrough the following year with My Summer of Love .
reception
Film critic Roger Ebert described the film Wasps as a "heartbreaking and angry 23-minute drama" that makes a clear statement: This woman (the main character) should rather not be a mother and these children shouldn't have to live like that.
Kate Stables of The Guardian compared wasps in her review with “socially realistic film poetry” that should be seen. She judged the main character Zoë to be "flighty but generous".
Awards
In 2005, Wespen won an Oscar in the Best Short Film category and over 30 international film awards. These include the choice of Best Short Film at the Stockholm International Film Festival 2003 and the Short Filmmaking Award at the Sundance Film Festival 2005.
Web links
- Wasps in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Film excerpt and information about the film Wasps on the arte website
Individual evidence
- ^ Briton wins short film Oscar news.bbc.co.uk, accessed January 4, 2014.
- ↑ Roger Ebert: Oscar short-subject nominees 2005 rogerebert.com, February 24, 2005, accessed January 4, 2014.
- ↑ Kate Stables: Cyber cinema: Darling buds of May. The Guardian , May 1, 2004, accessed January 4, 2014.
- ^ Arnold congratulated on Oscar win news.bbc.co.uk, accessed January 4, 2014.