Yellow (2012)

Movie
Original title	Yellow
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2012
length	105 minutes
Rod
Director	Nick Cassavetes
script	Nick Cassavetes, Heather Wahlquist
production	Chris Hanley , David Hillary , Manu Kumaran , Chuck Pacheco , Jordan Gertner
music	Aaron Zigman
camera	Jeff Cutter
cut	Jim Flynn
occupation
Heather Wahlquist : Mary Holmes Daveigh Chase : young Mary Brendan Sexton III : Nowell Max Thieriot : young Nowell Lucy Punch : Amanda Riley Keough : young Amanda Gena Rowlands : Mimi Elizabeth Daily : Netty Sienna Miller : Xanne Melanie Griffith : Patsy Ray Liotta : Afai David Morse : Psychologist Onata Aprile : Linda Gary Stretch : Jimmy Carpenito Sr. Cassandra Jean : Becky

Yellow is an American drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes in 2012 . Cassavetes wrote the script with his wife Heather Wahlquist , who herself played the lead role of Mary. As so often, Cassavetes cast a role with his mother Gena Rowlands .

The film has only been released at film festivals so far and tells the story of the suspended teacher Mary with her delusions and her tragic past.

action

Mary Holmes is a cognitive high school teacher, mother of four, and a Vicodin addict . Because of an affair during a parents' evening, Mary loses her job and is henceforth a housewife and mother. Her delusions keep getting worse, even though she is already under psychological treatment. She reveals to the psychologist that her younger sister suffers from Tourett , used to sell drugs on the street, never cope with the death of her father and that her older sister drove herself insane .

production

The drama film was made on an estimated film budget of $ seven million. The film recordings were made in Los Angeles , California and Shawnee , Oklahoma , among others . Filming started in April and ended in July 2011.

Technical details

As a camera , a was ARRI Alexa used, the film having an aspect ratio of 2.35: chronicled. 1

publication

The drama film Yellow was presented in Canada on September 8, 2012 at the Toronto International Film Festival . In Japan , the film was shown at the Tokyo International Film Festival on October 24, 2012. In 2013 the film was shown at the Seattle International Film Festival and the Munich Film Festival .

Nominations

• 2012: Nomination in the Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix category at the Tokyo International Film Festival

Reviews

“As one of the best films of the cinema year” , kino-zeit.de described the film drama.

Web links

• Yellow in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Yellow in the online film database
• Official site for the film (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Beatrice Behn: Yellow - Filmfest München 2013. kino-zeit.de, July 1, 2013, accessed on September 19, 2013 .