Young Adam
| Movie | |
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| German title | Young Adam |
| Original title | Young Adam |
| Country of production | England |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2003 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | David Mackenzie |
| script | David Mackenzie |
| production | Jeremy Thomas |
| music | David Byrne |
| camera | Giles Nuttgens |
| cut | Colin Monie |
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Young Adam (alternate title: Young Adam - Dark Passion ) is a British film directed by David Mackenzie in 2002 and based on the 1957 novel Watercourses by Alexander Trocchi . Ewan McGregor and Tilda Swinton play the leading roles in the drama , which can be attributed to film noir . The film premiered in 2003 at the 56th Cannes International Film Festival .
action
The action takes place in Glasgow , Scotland in the 1950s . Restless would-be writer Joe Taylor takes on work on an inland cargo ship operated by married couple Ella and Les Gault. Joe saves Jim, the couple's son, from drowning and begins an affair with his wife behind Les backs.
On a crossing from Glasgow to Edinburgh , Joe and Les discover the body of a young woman in the water. In flashbacks we learn from the close bond of Joe to the dead woman Cathie. Joe seems to know a lot more about the circumstances of her death than he reveals. However, the investigation is focused on another man who has been arrested on suspicion of murder and faces court.
When Les discovers his wife's affair, he leaves her because the ship is hers. Joe and Ella run the cargo ship together for a while. Ella thinks about marriage until Joe cheats on her with her sister. Ella tries to contact Les again, Joe leaves her and the ship. He rents a room in Glasgow and has the next affair there with the married landlady.
In further flashbacks one learns that Joe was with the dead Cathie for a long time. After an argument at the port, she ran after him. When he pushed her away, she fell into the docks, where she drowned because she could not swim. Joe didn't call for help. Rather, he tried to cover up the accident by throwing her clothes in the trash. Cathie's death was not inconvenient because he was pregnant and wanted to move in with him again.
In Glasgow, the murder case turns into a spectacle. The press and the public are convinced that the accused, a friend, murdered Cathie. Only Joe knows of the true circumstances of death. Finally, tormented by remorse, he writes an anonymous letter in which he tries to convince the judge of the defendant's innocence.
On the day the verdict is pronounced, Joe sits in the courtroom and witnesses the judge sentencing the defendant to death without mentioning his letter.
criticism
“Adaptation of a Scottish scandalous novel, the deliberate breaking of taboos in the original and in the film embedded in intensive everyday observations that create a bottomless feeling of emptiness and timelessness. An excellently cast, hypnotically gripping, lyrically sad film. He uses the occasionally dramatically staged events as a narrative foil to make an abysmal sadness and a soulless state tangible. "
Awards
BAFTA Awards , Scotland
- 2004: Best Actor in a Scottish Film (Ewan McGregor)
- 2004: Best Actress in a Scottish Film (Tilda Swinton)
- 2004: Best Director (David Mackenzie)
- 2004: best film
Edinburgh International Film Festival
- 2003: Best New British Feature
London Critics Circle Film Awards
- 2004: British Newcomer of the Year (David Mackenzie)
Web links
- Young Adam in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for Young Adam . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , October 2004 (PDF; test number: 100 015 K).
- ↑ Young Adam. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .