Die Unerzogenen (2007)
66KDie Unerzogenen: Directed by Pia Marais. With Ceci Chuh, Birol Ünel, Pascale Schiller, Georg Friedrich. A 15-year-old girl whose free-spirited parents provide no sense of stability finds the roles between parent and child perpetually shifting in this family drama. Stevie’s life is an unpredictable mess — a fact she casually credits to her mother and father’s excessive lifestyle. When her parents announce that the family will be moving to a town in the German countryside, she furtively hopes that the change of scenery will provide their household with some much-needed equilibrium. As if to will her hopes into existence, she introduces herself to the townspeople as the daughter of a respected diplomat. Her dreams are dashed, however, when her parents continue to fund their lavish lifestyle by resorting to illegal activities. As the house suddenly fills with shady strangers and suspicious undesirables, the precocious girl gradually begins to wander away from her family and down her own path in life.
“Just saw this at the Sydney Film Festival. Awful just awful! I have absolutely no idea how this film won any awards. The acting wasnu0026#39;t too bad, Birol Ünel who played Axel and Georg Friedrich who played the long haired Ingmar deserve special mention. But Ceci Schmitz-Chuh who played the central character Stevie was wooden and lacking in sympathy. But given how bad the script must have been, itu0026#39;s no surprise.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe film jumped from scene to scene, with no explanation what had happened and where we were now. It was like having anterograde amnesia. The audience kept looking around at one another wondering if they were the only ones who had missed something.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMy partner counted four times that the camera could be seen in windows and mirror, the music was jarring and the whole thing dragged. I started looking forlornly at the aisle about half an hour in. Some lucky buggers left! The moment it ended there was a stampede to get out of the theatre with my partner demanding I give him back the hour and half of his life back. I felt the same way.”
