Cloud 9
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Cloud 9 |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2008 |
| length | 99 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 12 JMK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Andreas Dresen |
| script |
Laila Stieler , Andreas Dresen, Jörg Hauschild , Cooky Ziesche |
| production | Peter Rommel |
| camera | Michael Hammon |
| cut | Jörg Hauschild |
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Cloud 9 is a film by Andreas Dresen from 2008. It focuses on love and sex in old age and premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival .
action
Inge is nearing 70 and has been married to the older Werner for thirty years. The marriage is routine, but it is still intact. The two have sex with each other and have been happy to date. She is an alteration seamstress and he is a retired teacher who has made the "railroad" a hobby. When Inge changes a pair of pants for the even older Karl (76), she starts an affair with him. At first she fights against it because she doesn't want to put her marriage at risk, but she is powerless against her feelings. After she confided in her daughter Petra (Werner's stepdaughter) and got advice from her not to say anything to Werner, Inge finally confesses her new love. It comes to an argument and she moves in with Karl. After a family celebration together, the couple go together for a while and remember what they shared. Inge later separates from Werner, who seems to be able to cope with it. One night she receives a call from Petra, who tells her that Werner killed himself. After the funeral Inge lives with Karl.
background
The German Press Agency (dpa) over expressed Dresen: "It bored me that society is getting older, but there is not the corresponding pictures - love and sex hear a certain age seem to exist."
The title is derived from the expression Cloud Nine , the English equivalent of the German saying "being on cloud nine ". There is also a song of the same name by the US singing group The Temptations , but in an interview with the Hamburger Abendblatt , Andreas Dresen explicitly refers to the song Nobody loves you (When You're Down And Out) by John Lennon , which contains the lyrics “ Nobody knows you when you're on cloud nine "contains. According to Dresen, the film title “ Cloud 9” expresses “both the size of the feeling and the greater height of the fall.” The film itself, on the other hand, does almost entirely without film music.
In 2008 the film came out together with Tom Schreiber's Dr. Inglés , Doris Dörries Cherry Blossoms - Hanami and Dennis Gansels The wave on the shortlist to be nominated as a German applicant for the Oscar abroad , was left behind compared to Uli Edels Der Baader Meinhof Complex .
Reviews
At its premiere in Cannes , the film was enthusiastically received, with ten minutes of standing ovation . The Süddeutsche Zeitung calls cloud 9 a “courageous and moving film” that tells “a passionate and tragic love story between old people in Berlin”.
According to the lexicon of international films , Cloud 9 is “a masterpiece that is as radical as it is poignant, with excellent actors who approach the taboo subject of sex in old age with great naturalness, without shyness or inhibitions. Above all, however, the quiet, intimate moments, the sincere dialogues that were improvised from the respective situation, and the reserved humor are impressive. "
Christina Krisch writes in the Kronen Zeitung that the film shows that lovesickness is not a teenage disease. Anyone who knows how to sensually enjoy the moment in the knowledge of their own finiteness and locks false shame in the bed drawer would also embrace late happiness - without any genius.
According to Georg Seeßlen , “the film cloud 9 [...] also lives from the close observation of things. Every detail on a breakfast table tells its story. A wallpaper seems to change its expression itself with the change in the feelings of the people in front of it, a coffee machine that sounded like a reliable everyday order suddenly makes angry, almost unbearable emotional music. "
Awards
The film ran at the Cannes Film Festival in the side series Un Certain Regard and won the Coup de Cœur Prize there. Months later, leading actress Ursula Werner and director Andreas Dresen were nominated for the European Film Prize 2008 . In 2009, the film received nominations for the German Film Award in the categories of Best Feature Film, Best Actress (Ursula Werner) and Director. Dresen and Werner received the award, while Wolke Neun was awarded the bronze film award. At the Bavarian Film Prize 2008, Ursula Werner was awarded for best actress and Michael Hammon for best image design.
Audio film
In 2009 the Deutsche Hörfilm GGmbH created an audio description of the film, which can also be found on the DVD and which was nominated for the German Audio Film Award in 2010 . The image descriptions are spoken by Uta Maria Torp.
Web links
- Cloud 9 in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Cloud 9 at filmportal.de
- Cloud 9 at crew united
- Christiane Peitz, Esther Kogelboom: "Swim naked, that's much better". Interview with Andreas Dresen. In: Der Tagesspiegel from August 31, 2008
- Naked facts - feedback from seniors about the film on Uni-Radio Leipzig
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for cloud 9 . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , June 2008 (PDF; test number: 114 343 K).
- ↑ Age rating for cloud 9 . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Aliki Nassoufis: "Cloud 9" about love and sex in old age. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Märkische Allgemeine from May 19, 2008
- ↑ cf. A stormy second spring ( memento of September 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), Netzeitung , September 4, 2007, last paragraph
- ↑ Volker Behrens: "The soul remains that of a teenager". Interview with Andreas Dresen. In: Hamburger Abendblatt from 23 August 2008
- ↑ cf. New RAF film to get Oscar for Germany ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at heute.de, September 16, 2008
- ↑ Holger Hettinger: Success for “Cloud 9” in Cannes. Interview with Andreas Dresen. Deutschlandradio Kultur from May 19, 2008
- ↑ Golden Palm for “Entre les murs”. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung of May 25, 2008
- ^ Cloud 9. In: Lexicon of international film . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Kronen Zeitung of April 2, 2009
- ↑ Georg Seeßlen: Cloud nine. The simplest story in the world. Criticism on getidan.de
- ↑ Cloud 9 in the audio film database of Hörfilm e. V.
- ↑ 8th German Audio Film Award 2010
