Antares (2004)

A deadly car crash sets off three parallel stories of women at crisis points, faltering behind the doors of the same, plain Vienna apartment block. A bored nurse with a stable, comfortable ... See full summary »

Director:

Götz Spielmann

Writer:

Götz Spielmann

Stars:

Petra Morzé, Andreas Patton, Hary Prinz

2 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Petra Morzé	...	Eva
Andreas Patton	...	Tomasz
Hary Prinz	...	Alfred
Susanne Wuest	...	Sonja
Dennis Cubic	...	Marco
Andreas Kiendl	...	Alex
Martina Zinner	...	Nicole
Xenia Ferchner	...	Iris
Angelika Niedetzky	...	Eva's Colleague (as Angelika Nidetzky)
Johannes Thanheiser	...	Old Man in Hospital (as Hannes Thanheiser)
Silvio Szücs	...	Taxi Driver
Sasica Jovic	...	Cleaning Woman
Melanie Kocsan	...	Iris' Friend
Stefan Stojetz	...	Bellboy
Jay Lee	...	Chambermaid

Storyline

A deadly car crash sets off three parallel stories of women at crisis points, faltering behind the doors of the same, plain Vienna apartment block. A bored nurse with a stable, comfortable family life has a wild but almost-wordless extramarital affair with a fashion-conscious traveling salesman, who's obsessed with sex photos. An unstable young Austrian grocery checker lies to hold on to her philandering Yugoslavian boyfriend, claiming she's pregnant. Finally, a recent divorcée whose violent, ex-husband is a King of Denial intent on getting her back. Will the residents' fibs and moral failures save or destroy them ? Can the women safely express their fears ?

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Plot Keywords:

sex | nipples | explicit sex | oral sex | male full frontal nudity | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Unrated

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor op.30
Composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Performed by St Petersburg Phiharmonic Orchestra
Permission of Boosey and Hawkes
Composer Aleksandr Titov
Piano Aleksey Orloveckiy

User Reviews

it's the passion and yearning that makes Antares

Antares is one fine example how the accomplished director Götz Spielmann could weave the delicate cobwebs of the intricacies of human emotions so beautifully on the screen. Spielmann possesses the distinct way of story-telling which doesn't require flamboyant camera-tricks or racy scenes to spice up his story. There the characters evolve slowly and steadily but give you opportunity to learn a thing or two about the complexity of human nature. In Antares, the story loosely follows the lives of three women, crossing one another's paths couple of times. One has a fine family and job yet indulges into passionate affair with a secret taciturn lover. Another desperately wants to get married with her boyfriend, but is very insecure about him. While the third one trying hard to get rid of her violent and abusive ex-husband who could yell at her, beat her but couldn't stop seeing her! But in all stories the core theme is passion and ambiguity of human nature. Here the characters are provided with two options of more, but it's never so simple to choose one of them! Antares tries to explore the complexities of relationships and hence the lives of variety of people trapped into their own emotional webs, the urban way of living has to offer! Antares is all about the unflinching passion and endless yearning inherent to human nature. the director manages to stitch the three parallel stories seamlessly and the characters are left echoing in viewer's mind for long after the movie is finished.

Details

Country:

Austria

Language:

German Croatian English

Release Date:

3 December 2004 (Austria)

Also Known As:

Антарес

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$64,910

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lotus Film, TeamFilm Produktion, Filmfonds Wien

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1