Yes (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Yes |
| Original title | Yes |
| Country of production | GB , USA |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2004 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Sally Potter |
| script | Sally Potter |
| production |
Andrew Fierberg , Christopher Sheppard |
| music | Sally Potter |
| camera | Aleksei Rodionov |
| cut | Daniel Goddard |
| occupation | |
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Yes is a British - American film drama by Sally Potter from the year 2004 . A special feature of the film is its dialogue, almost exclusively composed of iambic verses.
action
The Irish-American microbiologist She ( Sie ) is married to the English businessman Anthony, who is having an affair with the mother of their godchild. He ( he ) is a Muslim doctor who fled Lebanon whom you met at a party. He tells how he saved the life of a man who was shot a short time later.
In Belfast she visits her sick aunt, who later dies. She then goes to Cuba because the late aunt dreamed of visiting the country. She prays for a sign that life has meaning. She then learns that He followed her to Cuba.
Reviews
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on July 8, 2005 that the film was not like any other film he had seen before. He is " alive " and " daring ". The dialogues written in the pentameter would not seem like “ striving ” poetry “ recited ” by the characters .
The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was an “ artful love story that completely renounced the stereotypes of romantic US comedy ” as well as a “ lovingly drawn relationship and identity drama against the background of social and political crises ”. The “ breathtaking sound design ”, the “ dialogues written in meter ” and the “ fascinating actresses ” were praised .
Kerstin Decker wrote in the newspaper Der Tagesspiegel on February 14, 2005 that the film was “ not a film about the meeting of cultures ”, but a film about love and the “ collapse of cultures ”. The representations are " wonderful ".
Awards
Joan Allen won the Seattle International Film Festival's Golden Space Needle Award in 2005 and was nominated for the British Independent Film Award . Sally Potter won the 2005 Interfaith Award at the Brisbane International Film Festival and was nominated for a prize at the Emden International Film Festival .
background
The cost of production was estimated at one million pounds sterling . The film had its world premiere on September 4, 2004 at the Telluride Film Festival . It was screened on September 12, 2004 at the Toronto International Film Festival , followed by screenings at numerous other film festivals. The film was shown in no more than 26 cinemas in the US, grossing around 396 thousand US dollars .
Web links
- Yes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Yes at rotten tomatoes (English)
- Yes at Metacritic (English)