24 Weeks

2016 1h 43m DE

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6.5

SOLID

★6.5TMDB · 46

Drama

Synopsis

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Astrid is a comedian who makes people laugh for a living; her husband Markus is her manager and the two of them work well together. They have a nine-year-old daughter and are expecting their second child. When they learn that their child will not be born healthy, they are at first optimistic that they will be able to meet this challenge – although they have no idea what awaits them. But the closer it gets to the due date, the more Astrid begins to worry about the future of her unborn child as well as that of her family and her career. After many discussions and arguments Astrid realises that the decision that will affect all their lives must be made by her alone. What complicates matters further is the fact that, as a successful entertainer, she is in the eye of the public and the media.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Julia Jentsch
Astrid
Bjarne Mädel
Markus
Johanna Gastdorf
Beate
Emilia Pieske
Nele
Maria Dragus
Kati
Mila Bruk
Svea
Sabine Wolf
Katja
Karina Plachetka
Isa

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Anne Zohra Berrached
Writers: Carl Gerber, Anne Zohra Berrached
Languages: German
Countries: Germany

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Released 10 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Anne Zohra Berrached, shot by Friede Clausz. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Jasmin Reuter. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Denys Darahan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Julia Jentsch and Bjarne Mädel and Johanna Gastdorf carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt5369484 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Only 46 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Anne Zohra Berrached directs. Friede Clausz behind the camera. Jasmin Reuter scores. Denys Darahan cuts. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in German.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 10 years ago.
2Directed by Anne Zohra Berrached, shot by Friede Clausz. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Jasmin Reuter. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Denys Darahan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Julia Jentsch and Bjarne Mädel and Johanna Gastdorf carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt5369484 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 46 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Friede Clausz
Original score: Jasmin Reuter
Editing: Denys Darahan
Production design: Fabian Reber
Costume design: Bettina Werner
Runtime: 103 min · 1h 43m
Status: Released
Original language: DE
IMDB: 24 Weeks (2016)

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Reno2017-10-09
★ 7/10
It's a matter of birth and death. A simple film and its sensitive theme. German films usually impresses me and this is another under-noticed film, needs some uplift. Not like a must see, but totally worth it. While I was watching it, I thought the film's characters turned a simple thing as a too complicate event. But yes, it's not that simple when it's related to pregnancy. Of course, it's different from faith to faith, between believers and non-believers. Then my mind went to the very ancient age. How all the animals shared the earth equally. But humans, a very unique from all, not the same as of now. Today, every day the technologies upgraded to an even better level. So why do we obsessed with that! To make life easier? Yes. Then there's always something that stops us benefiting from them. It lies within us, none other than 'emotions'! Why I'm saying all this! There's a reason that this film's main purpose to highlight how humans act while there's a technology to thwart errors in its initial stage itself. But we're mentally struggling, since life and death or the purpose of the living being was not yet explained by the science. I'm not a person of god. I don't believe in souls. I do believe only in consciousness. In my world, it replaces the word soul. But from all, there's a big difference between pain with conscious and pain without consciousness. A baby born with an empty hard disk. Then it adds all the memories to it when he experiences the things using his five senses. That's the complicated one. The opposite to it is the abortion. That's what this film is about. I might have went a too far from the film, but happy to add some details. If you watch this film, definitely you would choose a side and back it till the climax. So one of the sections of people would get disappointed with the result of the story. In that case, I was neither. The film was not a thriller, though I felt edgy during the last few minutes. I did not know which way it's heading. Prepared for any unexpected twist. Then it came to an end, and I did not think whether it was any good or bad, except satisfied with the truth, the reality, a slice of life as I've seen through this flick. ❝Great. One child's disabled, the other's a fascist.❞ A well designed story and the characters. It revolved around a celebrity. That was a perfect start. Adding a big star, who goes through a difficult time. She's at 24 weeks pregnant with her supportive husband and a young daughter. The life is so smooth, until one day when the couple discovers the baby could be born with a disability. They decide to have it by preparing for it in advance. Then another blow brings a fresh challenge for them as a couple, as a family and with a strong emotions. Now the life's upside down. From there where it all heads are the rest of the story to tell its viewers. Definitely a powerful theme. As I already mentioned, the people split over what the film characters fighting over. Hence it won't receive well in all the quarters. But there's a fact to consider, which this film mostly borrowed from for its ending. I would say a well done film. Filmmakers make films to make money, to make people laugh, to make see the truth and various other reasons. I'm not saying it was an awareness, a message film, but totally a fact based. Like how in the modern world, even compared to a couple of decades ago, they determine things accordingly. But remember this is not the first film to deal with such theme. We've seen similar films, and most of them were a sub-plots. One of the highlights of the story was, it was not about a single person. It is about a small family, and how each one reacted to what they have found was very accurately portrayed. Since it was a present era based, where thing are different from before generation, the story had some flaws. I mean not a bad writings or something, but the relationship between each others. Once again, what I meant was the woman empowerment. Directed by a woman filmmaker, told the story from a woman's perspective, I felt this was what lack in the real society as well, particularly in the developing countries and/or religiously obsessed ones. I liked everyone in the film. The pace was good. Overall an engaging storyline with a fine runtime. You could watch it for many reasons, or maybe none, but not a bad film to ignore. I don't think so they should have improved it a little more. In my eyes, it was a perfect little flick. One of the rare for sure. That does not mean I've rated it out of out. But who knows, what I'm saying could be overwhelming personal opinion, that once watched it you might realise that. 7/10

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