week after week
| Movie | |
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| Original title | week after week |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Martin Gies |
| script | Silke Zertz |
| production | Dagmar Rosenbauer |
| music | Andreas Koslik |
| camera | Thomas Etzold |
| cut | Dagmar Lichius |
| occupation | |
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Week after week is a German television film from the year 2009. The family - comedy tells the story of a divorce a couple Elten from the perspective of the child, Felix vineyard. The film was produced by the Cinecentrum Berlin on behalf of the WDR . The film was broadcast for the first time on March 11, 2009 in the program of Das Erste . The main characters in the film are seven-year-old Felix Weingarten ( Jannis Michel ) himself, Felix's parents Miriam and Paul Weingarten , ( Tanja Wedhorn and Hans-Jochen Wagner ) and Felix's best friend Cerem , whose parents come from Turkey. Felix's inner turmoil is discussed in the film. This inner conflict is also expressed in Felix's monologues , in which he does not audibly pray to God for those around him .
action
At the beginning of the film, Felix's parents split up. The parents would like to continue to take over custody of their child together. They agree to look after Felix for a whole week and to leave the care to the other parent in the following week ( parity change model ). This Solomonic solution quickly turns out to be a burdensome procedure for all parties. Felix's parents therefore no longer see themselves in a position to endure the process any longer.
You talk about this with the family therapist Dr. Theodor Samel . The conflicts between them that have hitherto been kept in the background come to light, for example the parents' different educational ideas. While the mother tries to encourage Felix to the best of her knowledge and accordingly sends him to various courses (yoga ...), the father believes he has to give his son a lot of freedom. He goes to the kart track or the cinema with him. Miriam is also jealous of Paul because he is having an affair with Nike Svensson . Felix, who does not attend the therapy sessions , believes the therapist was partly to blame for his parents' arguments.
When Paul is visited by his wife in his carpentry workshop, Miriam says that she wrote the invitation cards for Felix's birthday and invited all the children to her place. This is not acceptable for the father, as he is responsible for taking care of Felix this week. In the ensuing argument, he asked her to sell the car and find a job. In return, she demands that he return the key to the apartment she lives in.
In the subsequent conversation between the parents and Dr. Samel suggests that the birthday should not be held either with the father or with the mother, but in a neutral place. The parents opt for an indoor playground . Since the invitation cards have already been written and distributed, Felix has to distribute the invitations again. Most of the invited children are confused by this. The only guests are Felix's maternal family and Cerem. Cerem's big brother, however, quickly leaves the birthday together with Cerem.
In the next few days, Miriam will report to the employment office. There she falls in love with her recruiter, Holger Bartel . The recruiter quickly finds out how the parents look after Felix. He and his wife would have done exactly the same with their daughter. However, since they were overwhelmed, they would have finally agreed on a different procedure.
Since Felix's suspicion that Dr. Samuel would fuel the argument between his parents, and Felix decides to contact Dr. To avenge Samuel . He lies in wait for the therapist in front of his practice. When he leaves the practice, he shoots him with his twin. But the psychologist saw him and followed him into the park. Dr. Samuel only knew Felix from stories told by his parents. Therefore, he does not recognize Felix and initially assumes an ordinary prank . He therefore wants to know the names of his parents. Only after Felix says his parents' name does he recognize him.
The psychotherapist then decides to invite Felix to his home. There he talks to Felix about his motives . When it turns out that Felix is angry with the psychotherapist, Dr. Let him know that his worries are unfounded. Felix realizes that he has hurt the psychologist and decides to give him a reparation, a wooden figure split in the middle.
At the next appointment of the parents with the psychologist, the latter places the figure openly on the desk for the parents, but without explicitly pointing it out. The psychologist now sets new rules of the game. Felix should no longer be the subject of discussions with the psychologist. In the next few days, the situation eased for both Felix and his parents. When Miriam, Paul, Holger Bartel and Nike Svensson eat together with Felix and Holger Bartel's daughter from his divorced marriage, the plot suggests that Miriam and Paul will come together again and, probably, Holger Bartel and Nike Svensson too . Felix leaves the room with Holger Bartel's daughter and asks God to take care of the adults, he is fine now.
criticism
"Thoughtful family comedy about the situation of children separated and divorced, who are exposed to the behavior of their parents without protection."
“Once again, director Martin Gies shot a drama, but this time it can only convince in places. The story, which he staged like "Reife Leistungs" based on a script by Silke Zertz, seems too constructed. For example, the fate of little Felix is not further explored after an opening sequence, rather the story concentrates on the network of relationships between the two spouses living separately. Acceptable TV fare only thanks to well-humored actors! "
“TV divorce comedy with subtle wit. [...] The film tells the drama of a divorce from a child's point of view in a laconic and light manner. [...] A serious subject, told as light as a feather "
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Felix's family
Felix 'family lives as a small family until the separation . After the separation, Miriam's old relationship with her mother comes to the fore again. Felix family consists of:
- Felix Weingarten himself, played by Jannis Michel , is a shy boy.
- Felix's parents Miriam Weingarten , played by Tanja Wedhorn , and Paul Weingarten , played by Hans-Jochen Wagner .
- Grandma Emma , Miriam's mother, played by Katharina Koschni , tries to help Miriam with a difficult situation for her.
- Great-grandma Lene , Ruth-Preller Gutdeutsch , Emma's mother, grew up during the war. So she doesn't understand Miriam's worries.
- Great-great-grandma Lilly , played by Maria Mägdefrau , Lene's mother, suffers from dementia . She is looked after by Miriam, among others.
- his maternal great-aunt Regine , played by Barbara Teuber , visits Felix on his eighth birthday.
- The paternal grandparents can only be seen in the role of extras , they do not come to Felix's birthday.
Cerem's family
In contrast to Felix's family , the Cerems family is an extended Turkish family . In the family is tradition , and especially Islam lived. Therefore Felix gets to know this religion here . Cerem and Felix exchange ideas about Islam and Christianity. Cerem lives with his two older brothers and two sisters in the house that Felix's father moves into after the separation. Cerem's family consists of:
- Cerem himself, envies Felix his high material standard of living, but also notices that Felix is not happy with it.
- Cerem's older brother , he protects Felix when he is attacked under a railway bridge by Bully kid and his youth gang.
- Cerem's parents
- Cerem's big sisters , when Felix visits Cerem, Felix sees the older sisters not partaking in dinner together, but rather working on (presumably Cerem's) homework. When Felix asks why they are not at dinner, Cerem speaks to them in Turkish and leaves the room with Felix.
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Persons with whom Felix has contact
- Bully kid , played by Marcel Nievelstein , and his youth gang, they ask Felix for money and humiliate him.
- the footballers , in part, consist of Cerem and his brothers . Since Felix is not a good footballer, they quickly replace him.
- the daughter Holger Bartels meets Felix after Felix's mother and Holger Bartel fall in love.
- Felix's class also noticed Felix's insecurity. She uses this to annoy Felix.
People with whom Felix's parents have contact
- The family and psychotherapist Dr. Theodor Samel , played by Ullrich Gebauer , is contacted by Felix's parents. He should accompany the separation therapeutically. Since Felix never takes part in a therapy session, he suspects him of supporting the separation of his parents.
- the recruiter Holger Bartel , played by Dominic Boeer , is contacted by Miriam. He should find a job for Miriam. They fall in love at the first session.
- Paul has a relationship with the housing broker Nike Svensson . She helps Paul find the new apartment.
- Amelie - Felix's babysitter
Web links
- Week after week in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ week after week. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Week after week , prisma.de
- ↑ Week after week , tvspielfilm.de