Two Mothers (2013)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Two mothers |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2013 |
| length | 75 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Anne Zohra Berrached |
| script | Anne Zohra Berrached |
| production |
Cosima Maria Degler Karoline Henkel |
| music | Jasmin Reuter |
| camera | Peace Clausz |
| cut | Denys Darahan |
| occupation | |
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Zwei Mütter is a German film drama from 2013 . Directed by Anne Zohra Berrached .
action
Katja and Isabelle are a couple and want to have a child. The legal and social hurdles that have to be overcome shake their relationship. Both of them quickly realize how difficult it is to have a child as a homosexual, because one sperm bank after the other rejects them. After a long search they find a doctor who is willing to perform costly inseminations even for homosexual women . This plan also goes wrong and fails again and again. Since every attempt means a high financial outlay, the two women want to procure the semen privately and carry out a fertilization themselves.
background
To this day there is no legal regulation in Germany on how lesbian couples can have children. Since every child in this country has the right to have a father, doctors who carry out artificial insemination with anonymous sperm donors run a great risk: Will the lesbian couple find themselves in financial difficulties without a (biological and / or legal) Father can be named, who could contribute financially to the stabilization, the doctor is held responsible and can ultimately be obliged to pay for maintenance claims. Few doctors take this risk, which is why many pairs of women go to look for a sperm donor online.
The film was created as a scenic and documentary hybrid, in which only the two main characters were cast with actors. All other characters are amateur actors who embody themselves.
The plot is continued in the film 24 Weeks by the same director.
criticism
"As sensitively as it is authentically staged and played, well-researched film about a lesbian couple who wants a child and who, in implementing this wish, comes up against various limits that are dictated by the legal and social framework."
"Due to its outer shape, but also the very successful guidance of the numerous amateur actors, the film shows us a convincing portrait of a difficult love relationship between two women and their desire for togetherness and family"
Awards and nominations
- Winner of the "Dialogue en Perspective" at the Berlinale 2013
- Winner of the No Fear Award First Steps for producer Cosima Maria Degler
- Nomination for the Studio Hamburg Young Talent Award in the "Production" category for producer Cosima Maria Degler
- Nomination for the International Jury Award at the Sao Paulo International Film Festival
- Nomination for the Tridens Award at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Web links
- Two mothers in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Two mothers on documentarfilm.info
- Two mothers on artifilm.nl
Individual evidence
- ^ Criticism of film releases , accessed on August 25, 2015.
- ↑ Critique by dfjw.org ( memento of the original from September 23, 2015 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. , Retrieved August 25, 2015.
- ↑ Two mothers on firststeps.de
- ↑ Two mothers on studio-hamburg.de
