Vincent Wants to Sea (2010) Vincent will Meer (original title)

Director:

Ralf Huettner

Writer:

Florian David Fitz (screenplay)

Release Date:

24 June 2011 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A young man suffering from Tourette's syndrome absconds from an institution with two other inhabitants to travel to Italy to fulfill his mother's last wish. |

Plot Keywords:

Tourette's Syndrome | Italy | Bulimia | Anorexia | Force Feeding

Awards:

5 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Florian David Fitz	...	Vincent
Karoline Herfurth	...	Marie
Heino Ferch	...	Robert
Katharina Müller-Elmau	...	Dr. Rose
Johannes Allmayer	...	Alexander
Karin Thaler	...	Monika
Tim Seyfi	...	Carabinieri
Christoph Zrenner	...	Tankwart 1
Ulrich Boris Pöppl	...	Pfarrer
Lothar Lengowski	...	Politiker 1
Markus Eberhard	...	Politiker 2
Jan Müller	...	Schüler 1
Lucas Schunko	...	Schüler 2
Nico Sücker	...	Schüler 3
Butz Ulrich Buse	...	Tankwart 2
Petra Bernhardt
Felix Rech

Directed by
Ralf Huettner

Writing credits
Florian David Fitz		(screenplay)

Produced by
Viola Jäger	....	producer
Harald Kügler	....	producer

Original Music by
Stevie Be-Zet		(as Stevie B-Zet)
Ralf Hildenbeutel

Cinematography by
Andreas Berger

Film Editing by
Kai Schröter		(as Kai Schroeter)

Casting by
Nessie Nesslauer

Production Design by
Heidi Lüdi

Art Direction by
Verena Kaupert

Costume Design by
Natascha Curtius-Noss

Makeup Department
Nanni Gebhardt-Seele	....	makeup artist
Veronika Meier zu Eißen	....	additional makeup
Stephanie von Haller	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Erwin Netzer	....	unit manager
Andrea Oechsner	....	production manager
Cristina Romagnoli	....	production manager: Italy (as Christina Romagnoli)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jochen Gosch	....	assistant director

Art Department
Lars Brockmann	....	property master: outdoor
Ralf Hübner	....	property master: outdoor
Wolfgang Küchler	....	property master: indoor
Hermann Maier	....	set constructor
Bani Silva Prado	....	prop assistant
Claudia Schröder	....	art department trainee
Fryderyk Swierczynski	....	prop driver
Johannes Winkler	....	assistant property master: indoor

Sound Department
Tomas Bastian	....	sound supervisor
Ed Cantu	....	sound
Michael Mitra	....	foley editor
Alexander Saal	....	sound designer
Abi Schneider	....	sound re-recording mixer
Andreas Schneider	....	foley artist
Philipp Sellier	....	foley editor
Philipp Sellier	....	foley recordist
Daniel Zimmermann	....	dubbing mixer

Special Effects by
Dirk Lange	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Matthias Brauner	....	main title designer & animator
Christian Deister	....	digital compositor
Anne Klotzek	....	CGI artist
Nina Knott	....	visual effects producer
Martin Kulig	....	matchmove artist: ARRI
David Laubsch	....	visual effects supervisor
Dominik Trimborn	....	head of VFX: ARRI

Stunts
Erhard Brem	....	stunt coordinator
Petr Dvorak	....	stunt driver
Petr Dvorak	....	stunt performer
Alexander Hutter	....	stunt performer
Verena Konietschke	....	stunt performer
Robert Schenker	....	stunt performer
Mac Steinmeier	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Niv Abootalebi	....	first assistant camera
Niv Abootalebi	....	steadicam operator
Jakob Beurle	....	second assistant camera
Oliver Haas	....	best boy
Robert Hottarek	....	crane operator
Markus Ilschner	....	electrician
Metehan Karakus	....	electrician
Clemens Krüger	....	second assistant camera
Helmut Prein	....	gaffer
Robert Reindke	....	grip
Thomas Roßbach	....	electrician
Christian Saalfeld	....	special accessories
Matthias Schäfer	....	key grip
Rolf van der Heydt	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Stefany Pohlmann	....	additional casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anisha Stöckinger	....	wardrobe
Line Weichmann	....	assistant costume designer

Transportation Department
Andreas Baecker	....	production driver
Ronny Fischer	....	production driver
Stefan Jatzwauk	....	production driver
Hannes Schamberger	....	production driver

Other crew
Dominik Casper	....	production trainee
Sandra Gerstberger	....	continuity
Ingo Hermann	....	set manager
Florian Iwersen	....	story editor
Stephanie Konopka	....	set manager
Dieter Lotzmann	....	location scout
Daniela Schöffer	....	body double: Karoline Herfurth
Wolfgang Rudolf Schön	....	location manager
Lisa Tegelhütter	....	production trainee
Stephanie Wellner	....	production assistant

Thanks
Simon Verhoeven	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Olga Film GmbH

Distributors

• Constantin Film (2010) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Corinth Films (2011) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Cinemax (2011) (Hungary) (TV)
• Corinth Films (2010) (USA) (all media)
• Highlight Film (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sejong Communications (2010) (Korea) (all media)
• Shani Films (2010) (Israel) (all media)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2011) (Australia) (all media)
• WoWow (2012) (Japan) (TV)

Other Companies

• CinePostproduction  sound post-production

Also Known As:

"Vincent will Meer" - Germany (original title)

Runtime:

Germany:96 min | Argentina:96 min | USA:96 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:6 (f) (bw) | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA (2011) | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Allgäu, Bavaria, Germany

Company:

Olga Film GmbH

Goofs:

Factual errors: In another scene the car gets stolen by cracking the steering lock. A Saab 900 does not have a steering lock.

"Life-affirming and exceptionally involving..."

German screenwriter and director Ralf Huettner's eleventh feature film which was written by German actor, writer and singer Florian David Fitz, was screened in the German Cinema section at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival in 2011, was shot on locations in Germany and Italy and is a German production which was produced by German film producers Harald Kügler and Viola Jäger. It tells the story about Vincent, a 27-year-old man with Tourette's who recently lost his mother who told him on her deathbed that she wanted to go to the sea. After being sent to an institution by his busy father where he has to share room with a compulsive young man named Alexander, Vincent meets a young girl named Marie who has an eating disorder. Marie and Vincent finds a rare connection and driven by Vincent who wishes to bring his mother's urn to the sea, they and Alexander escape from the institution.

Finely and engagingly directed by German filmmaker Ralf Huettner, this finely paced and unsentimental fictional tale which is narrated from multiple viewpoints, draws a humane and mindful portrayal of a grief-stricken young man's journey to fulfil his mother's last wish and his relationship with an anorectic young woman. While notable for it's naturalistic and atmospheric milieu depictions and the sterling cinematography by cinematographer Andreas Berger, this character-driven and dialog-driven independent film depicts several empathic studies of character and contains a great score by German composer Ralf Hildenbeutel and German electronic musician Stevie B-Zet.

This romantic, humorous, serious, very charming and universally appealing road-movie about interpersonal relations, love and identity, is impelled and reinforced by it's cogent narrative structure, subtle character development, colorful characters, quick-witted dialog and the compelling and heartfelt acting performances by German actor Florian David Fitz, German actress Karoline Herfurth and German actor Johannes Allmayer, An exhilarating, life-affirming and exceptionally involving love-story which gained, among other awards, the German Film Award for Best Feature Film and Best Actor Florian David Fitz at the German Film Awards in 2011.