Two in one day (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Two on one day |
| Original title | One day |
| Country of production |
United States , United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2011 |
| length | 107 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 12 JMK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Lone Scherfig |
| script | David Nicholls |
| production | Nina Jacobson |
| music | Rachel Portman |
| camera | Benoît Delhomme |
| cut | Barney Pilling |
| occupation | |
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Two in one day (English original title: One Day ) is an American - British tragic comedy by the Danish director Lone Scherfig from 2011 . Two in One Day is based on the novel and bestseller of the same name by David Nicholls , who also wrote the screenplay for the film.
action
The German film title is misleading, the ambiguity of the English original One Day (dt. One day and a single day ), however, says more accurately, what is at stake: July 15 is the date that marks the relationship of Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew, and not just once, but every year. It all begins with a platonic night together after the graduation ceremony on July 15, 1988 in Edinburgh. Then you split up because you're just too different.
Dexter, a little hunk and carefree daredevil and womanizer from the rich upper class, barely notices the inconspicuous Emma in college and even forgets her name. After graduating, he first travels around world history. Then he begins a career as a shallow music TV presenter, enjoys his dandy life to the fullest, goes to parties, likes to get drunk, impregnates a humorless but wealthy girl, gets married and just has fun - until his mother dies, his popularity with television audiences declines and his position is filled with a younger man.
Emma, on the other hand, comes from a simple background, lives in musty mini-apartments and has always been in love with the easy-going Dexter. She is politically active and dreams of becoming a writer, but has too many self-doubts and receives too little encouragement to make her first attempts at writing in public. Disillusioned, she takes on a job as a waitress in a chain of low-cost restaurants, where she admitted to the position of managing director, while studying pedagogy and finally becoming a committed teacher - until her jealous ex-boyfriend sniffs her diary, discovers her talent for writing and Emma becomes a successful bestseller -Author will.
Despite, or perhaps because of, many personal ups and downs and changing partners, Emma and Dexter never completely lose sight of each other, somehow feel magically drawn to each other and, like Harry and Sally , use each other as a shoulder to lean on and on they can speak and stand up. They meet every July 15th, even go on a vacation trip together, but because of their different characters they never really get together, until finally, 16 years after their first night, Dexter, now a divorced father and simple worker, recognizes and admits what he's always been looking for. The two get married, love each other passionately and want a child. But their happiness is short-lived. Emma dies in a traffic accident - again on July 15th. The inconsolable Dexter has to do without her in the future and lives from his memories.
background
- Of July 15 is the Anglican liturgical memorial of St. Swithin , who is mentioned in the film. A farmer's rule is that if it rained that day, it would rain for forty more days.
- The film was shot in Edinburgh , London and Paris , among others .
- Dexter's father mentions the series Silent Witness in one scene , in which Ken Stott, who plays Dexter's father, played.
- In Patricia Clarkson's final scene, her close-ups get lighter and lighter, symbolizing her imminent death.
- The scene where Emma and Dexter bathe naked is the only one in which they don't wear wigs.
criticism
“The chronicle is told in the lively style of a rom-com comedy with illustrious locations and atmospheric songs. The screenwriter David Nicholls succeeds in administering even the bitterest medicine in smug, comical dialogue doses. The fact that the bittersweet episodes fit into a successful whole despite the narrative time-lapse is also due to the stringent play of the two main actors. Jim Sturgess and Anne Hathaway do not have what it takes to be a dream couple, but they are able to make the traits and changes in their characters understandable at any time. That might not make the film into such a profound masterpiece as Lone Scherfig's last film ' An Education ' was, but it certainly lifts it out of the crowd of popular rom-coms from Hollywood. "
“The Danish director resisted the temptation to move the locations from Edinburgh and London to the United States when filming David Nicholls' bestseller. This decision gives the romantic dance scene a lot of local color and authentic charm. On the other hand, 'Two in One Day' suffers from an overly rigid narrative concept and unfortunately the chemistry between the quite convincing main actors Jim Sturgess and Anne Hathaway is not always consistent. "
Web links
- One Day in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- One Day at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Two in one day in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for two in one day . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , October 2011 (PDF; test number: 129 900 K).
- ↑ Age rating for two in one day . Youth Media Commission .
- ^ Matilda Battersby: St Swithin's: How David Nicholls' One Day superseded a dead Anglo Saxon. In: independent.co.uk. July 15, 2015, accessed March 7, 2017 .
- ↑ http://www.programmkino.de/cms/links.php?link=1648
- ↑ http://www.filmstarts.de/kritiken/178903/kritik.html