I am sick and tired of the press mentioning my age all the time, instead of talking about my film," says Danish director Astrid Henning-Jensen. So this is just a short note to state the fact that she is 81 and remembers the silent era, but was never part of it.
At Berlin earlier this year she received the Berlinale Camera - to add to the Silver Bear she won in 1979 for Vinterbørn (Winterborn) - and also unspooled her 17th feature in the Panorama. Bella min Bella (Bella my Bella) is her screen comeback after 10 years, a personal look at women as they struggle to adapt to the human condition of contemporary life in its many forms.
"Based on my own, as well as on friends' experiences, mixed with imagination, the story is very realistic to me. It portrays a young high school girl, and it is not just done for the youngsters, but also for their parents - I hope," she says.
Bella is in her late teens, and lives with her mother, Maj, in a close relationship. As Maj starts to flirt with their male tenant, Bella involves herself in helping a young Bosnian refugee who is seeking asylum. Although she is distancing herself from Maj, she discovers that she suddenly needs her mother more than ever.
Jørn Rossing Jensen
Prod co: Metronome Productions
Co-prod: Danish Film Institute
Prod: Mads Egmont Christensen
Dir/scr: Astrid Henning-Jensen
Ph: Björn Blixt
Ed: Molly Stensgaard
Prod des: Soren Krag Sorensen
Music: Palle Mikkelborg
Cast: Mette Maria Ahrenkiel, Lone Hertz, Lars Bom, Dejan Cukic, Peter Steen, Claus Bue
Running time: 92 mins
Int sales: Alley Cat Film
Screenings: 23 June, 15.00, KCP Congressovy; 23 June, 17.30, KCP-Koncertní
UÏ mám po krk toho, jak novináÞi stále mluví o mém vûku, místo aby psali o mém filmu," Þíká dánská reÏisérka Astrid Henning-Jensen. Touto krátkou poznámkou bych rád uvedl skuteãnost, Ïe reÏisérce je 81 let a pamatuje éru nûmùch filmÛ, v které v ak nikdy nehrála aktivní roli.
Na zaãátku tohoto roku nav tívila Berlín, aby tam pÞevzala cenu Berlinale Camera - která tak doplnila StÞíbrného medvûda z roku 1979 za film Vinterbørn (Winterborn) - a uvedla projekci svého 17. filmu v Panoramû. Po desetileté pauze se vrací na plátno filmem Bella min Bella (Bella, moje Bella).
Film je osobní vùpovûdí o Ïenách, které bojují o to, aby se pÞizpÛsobily podmínkám souãasného Ïivota v jeho mnoha formách.
PÞíbûh, ve kterém se mé vlastní záÏitky a záÏitky mùch pÞátel prolínají s fantazií, je pro mû velmi realistickù. I kdyÏ vypráví o mladé stÞedo kolaãce, není to jen film pro mladé, ale i pro jejich rodiãe - alespoÀ doufám," Þíká Astrid Henning-Jensen.
TémûÞ dvacetiletá Bella Ïije v úzkém vztahu se svou matkou Maj. Zatímco Maj flirtuje s jejich nájemníkem, Bella pomáhá mladému bosenskému uprchlíkovi, kterù hledá útoãi tû. Aãkoli se Bella od Maj snaÏí distancovat, náhle zji Èuje, Ïe svou matku potÞebuje více neÏ kdykoli pÞedtím.
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