Desired children
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Desired children |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German Russian |
| Publishing year | 2017 |
| length | 89 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Emily Atef |
| script | Dorothee Schön |
| production | Michael Polle for X Films Creative Pool |
| music |
Christoph M. Kaiser , Julian Maas |
| camera | Alexander Fischerkoesen |
| occupation | |
Wunschkinder is a German TV film from 2017. Based on the autobiographical novel “Wunschkind” by Marion Gaedicke , Grimme Prize winner Dorothee Schön wrote the screenplay, directed by Emily Atef . The film was produced by Michael Polle for the Berlin production company X Films Creative Pool on behalf of Westdeutscher Rundfunk and ARD Degeto .
action
Marie and Peter's life seems perfect, but their greatest wish remains unfulfilled: a family of their own. After several painfully unsuccessful attempts to have a child naturally, Marie and Peter decide to attempt adoption in Russia. Carried by their longing and after many months of preparation and waiting, they set off to meet their future daughter Nina in a children's home, thousands of kilometers from Germany. Little did they suspect that they are only at the beginning of a tour de force against the Russian authorities - and facing the greatest challenge for their relationship, because while Marie and Peter are fighting for their future child, the question arises: Are we still following this same goal? Each for himself - and especially as a couple?
background
Producer Michael Polle had the idea to film this true story during a reading by Marion Gaedicke in Munich. The film was shot in 2016 in Berlin as well as Lodz and Warsaw , which were used as locations for the Russian part of the story.
Wish children had its international festival premiere in the competition of the Fipa Festival 2017 in Biarritz .
criticism
Ralf Weigand writes in the Süddeutsche Zeitung : "A film that one has to marvel at."
Ulrich Feld writes in the Frankfurter Neue Presse : "More exciting than many thrillers."
Ulla Hanselmann writes in the Stuttgarter Zeitung : "These are pictures that go to the heart, manipulate the viewer mercilessly: one inevitably interprets grief, longing, suffering into the big eyes of the little ones and their upstretched arms - and wishes each one of the children that what they have so far been denied: to be a desired child.
Heike Hupertz writes in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung : "Objectively, precisely because of this, close to the characters, always with a certain distance, which is due to the respect for the individual life decisions of the married couple shown, the film describes the path to almost the last chance Adoption. And even further to (legal) international adoption, its hurdles and difficulties. Dorothee Schön's precise script (“ The Last Beautiful Day ”, “ Frau Böhm says no ”) avoids clichés as does the almost documentary camera work by Alexander Fischerkoesen . that give space to see, scenes and dialogues that leave room to think for yourself, accompany Marie ( Victoria Mayer ) and Peter Meisner ( Godehard Giese ) on their perhaps futile journey to becoming a dream child they themselves every overdramatization. “Desired children” renounces all, including the emotional, exaggerations, the artificial e Accompany fertilization and non-biological parenthood in the public eye.
Awards
Nomination for the Adolf Grimme Prize 2018
Web links
- Wanted children in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ An absolute heart project | FilmWednesday on the First . In: First German Television (ARD) . ( daserste.de [accessed on August 5, 2017]). An absolute heart project | FilmWittwoch im Erste ( Memento of the original from August 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ "Desired Children" has its international premiere at the Fipa Festival in Biarritz. Retrieved January 18, 2018 .
- ^ TV review by Ralf Wiegand: A film to be amazed at . In: sueddeutsche.de . January 25, 2017, ISSN 0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed August 5, 2017]).
- ↑ Frankfurter Neue Presse: TV criticism . ( fnp.de [accessed on August 5, 2017]).
- ↑ Stuttgarter Zeitung, Stuttgart, Germany: ARD drama "Wunschkinder": The most natural thing in the world . In: stuttgarter-zeitung.de . ( stuttgarter-zeitung.de [accessed on August 5, 2017]).
- ↑ Heike Hupertz: ARD television film "Wunschkinder": They want to be parents . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . January 25, 2017, ISSN 0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed August 5, 2017]).
- ↑ Nominations - Grimme Prize. Retrieved January 18, 2018 .
