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23 February 2006 (Germany)
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Based on Michel Houellebecq's controversial novel, this movie focuses on Michael and Bruno, two very different...
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Haneke: I may collaborate with Houellebecq
(From The Guardian - Film News. 13 November 2009, 5:32 AM, PST)
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(From The Guardian - Film News. 13 November 2009, 5:32 AM, PST)
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Moritz Bleibtreu | ... | Bruno Klement | |
| Christian Ulmen | ... | Michael Djerzinski | |
| Martina Gedeck | ... | Christiane | |
| Franka Potente | ... | Annabelle | |
| Nina Hoss | ... | Jane | |
| Uwe Ochsenknecht | ... | Brunos Vater | |
| Corinna Harfouch | ... | Dr. Schäfer | |
| Ulrike Kriener | ... | Annabelles Mutter | |
| Jasmin Tabatabai | ... | Yogini | |
| Michael Gwisdek | ... | Professor Fleißer | |
| Herbert Knaup | ... | Sollers | |
| Tom Schilling | ... | Michael jung | |
| Hermann Beyer | ... | Annabelles Vater | |
| Nina Kronjäger | ... | Katja | |
| Deborah Kaufmann | ... | Hannelore |
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The Elementary Particles (International: English title) (USA) (festival title)
Atomised (UK)
Elementary Particles (USA) (festival title)
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Atomised (UK)
Elementary Particles (USA) (festival title)
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113 min | 105 min
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Director 'Oskar Roehler' originally offered 'Moritz Bleibtreu' the role of Bruno, but he turned it down because he thought the role of a sex-addicted loser looked too much like his role in Roehler's previous film 'Agnes und seine Brüder (2004)'. Roehler gave Bleibtreu the role of Bruno's half-brother Michael instead, casting 'Christian Ulmen' in the role of Bruno. Late into the rehearsals, four weeks before shooting, Bleibtreu and Roehler decided that Bruno would actually be a better fit for Bleibtreu and so Bleibtreu and Ulmen switched roles.
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): The first letter talking about the move to another grave of the brothers' grandmother says she has to be moved due to the construction of "Bundesstraße 17". Later the gravedigger says it's about "Bundesstraße 7"
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A handsome looking film on the face of it, but to be honest, dead in the water. This isn't just because it's a misfiring literary adaptation. On its own the film fails to successfully blend the comedy and misery that its aiming for.
Alas, one serious failure is the acting. The high-profile Franka Potente's on the bill but has overdone the downplaying of her celebrity - she seems dour on-screen. Christian Ulmen is poor. Moritz Bleibtreu is the best although he's let down by the film's design.
This is really the point. The book gives us an idea of the utter misery of the modern world and its inevitability - the comedy comes from it. Bleitreu makes a good stab at embodying that but receives no support from director Oscar Roehler, with very long stretches (the curse of literary transposition) and flashbacks which aren't crafted or tailored with any sense of drama, let alone melodrama. 2/10