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Director:
Writer:
Paul Cotter (written by)
Release Date:
19 April 2013 (Italy)
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Plot:
An 83 year-old man returns to Germany for a long planned journey of atonement. When Ross, his useless son agrees to drive him there, a nightmare family road trip ensues. | Add synopsis »
Awards:
7 wins
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Sliff 2010 Review: Bomber
(From WeAreMovieGeeks.com. 11 November 2010, 7:00 PM, PST)
Danny Huston is Back in "Black," a Complete "Grindhouse," and More New DVDs
(From IFC. 4 October 2010, 2:12 PM, PDT)
Nashville Wrap Up 2: TiMER, Cleanflix, Jamie Travis, One Too Many Mornings
(From FilmExperience. 27 April 2010, 3:11 AM, PDT)
(From WeAreMovieGeeks.com. 11 November 2010, 7:00 PM, PST)
Danny Huston is Back in "Black," a Complete "Grindhouse," and More New DVDs
(From IFC. 4 October 2010, 2:12 PM, PDT)
Nashville Wrap Up 2: TiMER, Cleanflix, Jamie Travis, One Too Many Mornings
(From FilmExperience. 27 April 2010, 3:11 AM, PDT)
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A missed opportunity
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Cast
(in credits order) | Shane Taylor | ... | Ross |
 | Benjamin Whitrow | ... | Alistar |
 | Eileen Nicholas | ... | Valerie |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Ulrike Arndt | ... | Tourist Information Manager |
| Michael Asmussen | ... | Policeman |
| Emil Austermann | ... | Weert |
| Waltraud Bredfeldt | ... | Old Lady |
| Helge Ihnen | ... | Businessman |
| Martina Janßen | ... | Tourist Information Clerk |
| Sara Kessel | ... | Leslie |
| Günter Mües | ... | Old Man |
| Sheela Patel | ... | Newsagent |
| Herbert Schröder | ... | Cow Farmer |
| Volkmar Siems | ... | Furniture Store Manager |
| Dörte Tien | ... | Waitress |
Directed by | |||
| Paul Cotter | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Paul Cotter | written by | |
Produced by | |||
| Paul Cotter | .... | producer | |
| Maureen A. Ryan | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Stephen Coates | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Rick Siegel | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Matt Maddox | |||
Casting by | |||
| Manuel Puro | |||
| Jeremy Zimmermann | (as Jeremy Zimmerman) | ||
Production Design by | |||
| Alex Ward | |||
Production Management | |||
| Nina Schloemerkemper | .... | production manager | |
Sound Department | |||
| J.M. Davey | .... | supervising sound editor | |
| Alex Lipschultz | .... | sound recordist: Germany | |
| Zach Seivers | .... | supervising sound mixer | |
| David Sohanpal | .... | additional sound recordist | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Shaun Carmody | .... | wardrobe coordinator: UK | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Kelly Armstrong | .... | colorist | |
Music Department | |||
| Linda Cohen | .... | music supervisor | |
Other crew | |||
| Konstantin Bock | .... | assistant production coordinator | |
| Marlies Kruse | .... | production coordinator | |
| Alex Stanton | .... | production assistant | |
Thanks | |||
| Mark Duplass | .... | thanks | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Film Movement (2010) (Canada) (all media)
- Film Movement (2010) (USA) (all media)
- Snap Sound post-production sound services
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USA:84 min
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A story about guilt, loneliness and cross generational communication is (let's face it)... a recipe for success. An able cast and sufficient production values should have delivered an interesting film... but they didn't.
A great idea was wasted because of poor visualisation, weak plot development and worst of all... thinking that clichéd portrayals of angst and irrational behaviour are in any way funny.
Whoever came up with the idea that this story could be made as a comedy/drama deserves to be condemned to watch every film The Sun recommends ad infinitum.
The denouement is excellent but almost completely unexplained and unexplored. The rest of the film is painfully wrenched from trying to tell too much of a story... while the actual story (untold), would have been enough to create a film with a marvellous story to tell.
I hope this will get re-made one day. The story is too good to be wasted on this half hearted attempt.