|
| Oct
20 |
60th
Nordic Filmdays in Lübeck (30.10. - 4.11.2018) at
CineStar Filmpalast Stadthalle, Mühlenbrücke 11, 23552
Lübeck ▶️ Tickets from 27.10.
"The Most Beautiful Couple"/"Das
schönste Paar" on Thu, 1.11. at 10:15pm at CineStar
7. More infos in catalogue
"Der Mordanschlag"/"Attempted Murder"
on Fri, 2.11. at 7pm (both parts with intermission) at
CineStar 7. More infos in catalogue |
| Oct
18 |
Maxi
has just posted a new clip taken at his farm: Meet my
new friend #blablabla @ Instagram |
| Oct
16 |
Two
more new pictures of Maxi, again taken by photographer
Mathias Leidgschwendner in Munich:
Photo
1 (fully dressed) + photo 2 (with boots ...), which Maxi
comments as follows: Take it with a grain of salt.
#blablabla |
| Oct
11 |
"Arctic
Circle" (Orig.: "Ivalo") at next week’s Mipcom in
Cannes: Finnish SVOD platform Elisa Viihde’s two big bets
are Bullets and Arctic Circle.
Arctic Circle is a ten-part crime drama starring Iina
Kuustonen (Off The Map) and War Horse’s Maximilian
Brückner that centers around a weaponized sexual virus
that threatens a remote arctic town. Inspector Nina
Kautsalo, played by Kuustonen and virologist Thomas
Lorenz, played by Brückner, must hunt down the killer
spreading the virus and uncover the conspiracy behind its
cure. The show, which is produced by Yellow Film & TV
and Germany’s Bavaria Television, will launch in December
with Lagardère Studios Distribution handling international
sales at Mipcom.
Finland’s Film Commission will be hosting 'Finnish Weird:
TV Drama and Cocktail' in Cannes in the Verrière
Californie at the Palais des Festivals on October 16 at
5:30pm. Source: Deadline, 11.10.18
MIPCOM
- The World's Entertainment Content Market: 15-18 October
2018, Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France |
| Oct
10 |
The
Bavarian TV series "Hindafing" with Maximilian Brückner
in the lead as Alfons Zischl gets a 2nd season, again with
six episodes, with the same crew and cast, with funding by
FFF Bayern. Source |
| Oct
9 |
Another
new picture of Maximilian Brückner,
again from photographer Mathias Leidgschwendner. Maxi's
comment: #blablabla |
| Oct
8 |
French
premiere: "The Most Beautiful Couple" in
Compétition Européenne, nominated for the 'Golden Atlas'
(Atlas d’Or): 19e Arras Film Festival, 2 - 11
Novembre 2018. Au Casino d'Arras et au cinéma Cinémovia, 3
Rue Emile Legrelle, 62000 Arras, France. Screenings: Fri
11/9, at 9:30pm with director Sven Taddicken, and Sat
11/19, at 9:30am. Ticket sales begin on Oct 19.
Contact: Tel. +33 (0)3 21 59 56 30, Email:
info(at)arrasfilmfestival.com
The 19th edition of the Arras Film Festival dedicated to
European cinema will take place from 2-11 November, and
will boast a barrage of premiere screenings and films as
yet unreleased in France. More |
| Oct
7 |
Video
(of a funny fake commercial) from Maximilian
Brueckner as the 'Boandlkramer' in his dressing room prior
to going on stage: "Death grey. Nothing else!
Sponsored by crematoria #blablabla" Turn sound on! |
| Oct
5 |
Press booklet for "The Most
Beautiful Couple" at TIFF 2018 |
| Oct
4 |
"Reformation"
(Zwischen
Himmel und Hölle) - this lavish two-part historical
drama was produced to mark the 500th anniversary of the
Reformation. It stars Maximilian Brückner (Line of
Separation, Tatort) as Martin Luther, a monk from
Wittenberg who became the visionary religious reformer of
his time and ultimately changed the world.
The miniseries tracks Luther’s growing anger at the
corruption and hypocrisy of the Catholic Church in the
early 16th century - including his “there is a false
church and a real church” speech and the infamous pinning
of his 95 theses to the church door in Wittenberg. Despite
Luther’s subsequent ex-communication from the Church, his
protests led to a new world order in religion:
Protestantism.
Co-starring Johannes Klaußner (Homicide Unit Istanbul),
Jan Krauter (Deutschland 86), and Joachim Król
(Commissario Brunetti), Reformation premieres in the US on
Tuesday, October 30, exclusively on MHz Choice and the MHz Choice
channel on Amazon US. Source
Official
US trailer |
| Oct
4 |
From
director Hannu Salonen on Instagram: "Just
starting the mix of the eps 1-5 of ARCTIC CIRCLE."
Meguru Film Sound, Helsinki |
| Oct
3 |
"The
Most Beautiful Couple" won the 'Hamburger Producers
Award for German Film Productions' at the 26th Filmfest Hamburg, worth 25.000
Euros. Producers Jamila Wenske and Sol Bondy accepted the
award. Source |
| Oct
2 |
New picture of Maximilian Brückner
from photographer Mathias Leidgschwendner |
| Sep
30 |
"The
Most Beautiful Couple" will screen in competition at the "14th Ahrenshoop Film Nights" on
Friday Nov 16, 2018 at 9pm, followed by a Q&A with its
director Sven Taddicken, at the Hotel The Grand,
Ahrenshoop, Baltic Sea / Germany. The full festival program |
| Sep
28 |
Press release for the ZDF-2-part TV
movie "Der Mordanschlag", that premiered at this
year's Munich Filmfest on July 3. It will air on German TV
network ZDF on Monday 5th and Wednesday 7th November 2018,
at 8:15pm
Infos, photos and interviews with director Miguel
Alexandre, actors Petra Schmidt-Schaller, Jenny Schily,
Ulrich Tukur, Maximilian Brückner, Suzanne von Borsody,
Stefanie Stappenbeck, Christoph Bach, Bernadette Heerwagen
and Alexander Held, writer André Georgi and producers
Jutta Lieck-Klenke, Dietrich Kluge and Ulf Israel. |
| Sep
21 |
Photos
from the premiere of "The Most Beautiful Couple" on Sep
10, 2018 in Toronto, found on Leonard Kunz's official
Instagram account:
The
team before the screening ; Leonard and Maximilian Brueckner ; The
team (l.-r.: Co-producer Ilann Girard, produzer Sol
Bondy, Leonard Kunz, Maximilian Brueckner, composer Eric
Neveux, writer & director Sven Taddicken) on stage
after the premiere in the Scotiabank Theatre |
| Sep
20 |
–
Some great reviews of "The Most Beautiful Couple" at TIFF
2018 from real movie goers, not from professional
reviewers on Letterboxd
– From the TIFF class of 2018 of the Goethe-Institut
Toronto's German Film Brunch: The team of TIFF world
premiere "The Most Beautiful Couple": Photo of actor Maximilian Brueckner, director
Sven Taddicken, actor Leonard Kunz. Source |
| Sep
19 |
Next
festival date for "Das schönste Paar" ("The Most Beautiful Couple“) will be
at the German 28th Film Festival Cologne, on
Thursday, Oct 11, at 9pm in the "Cineplex Filmpalast". More infos & ▶️ Tickets
Also on Oct 11, at 6pm in the "Theater im Hof" its writer
& director Sven Taddicken will talk about film. Free
entry. More |
| Sep
17 |
–
In Sven Taddicken’s “The Most Beautiful Couple,” which
celebrated its world premiere in 'Contemporary World
Cinema', a wife and husband struggle with the lingering
trauma of sexual assault as she tries to heal and recover
while he fights the urge for revenge. The director
describes the premise of the film, as “a
worst-case-scenario for a loving couple. It was like a
nightmare that was haunting my thoughts from time to time.
… I asked myself: Are two victims of a terrible assault
able to trust and love each other again?” The story
focuses more on the relationship of the two victims than
on the crime itself while dealing with the destructive
impact of “toxic masculinity,” Taddicken adds. The film
stars Maximilian Brückner and Luise Heyer, who, Taddicken
says, were very involved in the development of their
characters. “I love actors who are willing to relate to
their characters so much that they can even surprise me
with the truth about my script.”
From: 'Germany Sends Strong Lineup to Global Fests' by Ed
Meza, Variety, Sep 17, 2018
– Another review about "The Most Beautiful Couple" from
Toronto Film Festival: German filmmaker Sven Taddicken
directs a dramatic thriller about a sexual assault,
leading a couple to walk a tightrope between justice and
revenge. Audience members will appreciate that Taddicken
takes absolutely no pleasure in the film’s cruel images.
The Most Beautiful Couple is the antithesis of an
unhealthy film seeking visual impact and all of the film's
sex scenes (both wanted and unwanted) take place
off-camera, in the first ten minutes of the film. The rest
is dedicated to the consequences of the initial trauma and
the establishment of a second traumatic event.
Full review by Carlota Moseguí, Cineropa |
| Sep
15 |
Official photos from Toronto:
– For the third year in a row TIFF will be inviting the
Festival's brightest stars to our official Portrait
Studio. Shot on the Huawei P20 Pro by Andréanne Gauthier.
Source: TIFF x Huawei Portrait Studio
From "The Most Beautiful Couple“: Leonard Kunz, Sven Taddicken and
Maximilian Brückner ; Maximilian Brückner
– The team of "The Most Beautiful Couple" pose for
portraits during the 2018 Toronto International Film
Festival (TIFF) at Intercontinental Hotel on Sep 11, 2018
in Toronto, Canada. Photos by Gareth Cattermole/Getty
Images
Maximilian
Brueckner, Sol Bondy, Sven Taddicken, Leonard Kunz and
Jamila Wenske
Ilann
Girard, Sol Bondy, Sven Taddicken, Eric Neveux and
Jamila Wenske, Leonard Kunz and Maximilian Brueckner
Ilann
Girard, Sol Bondy, Sven Taddicken, Eric Neveux and
Jamila Wenske, Leonard Kunz and Maximilian Brueckner
Actor
Maximilian Brueckner, filmmaker Sven Taddicken and actor
Leonard Kunz
Maximilian
Brueckner ; Maximilian Brueckner |
| Sep
14 |
Maximilian
Brueckner, early this morning from Toronto: It was a
pleasure. #toronto #tiff #themostbeautifulcouple
#blablabla. Picture on Instagram |
| Sep
13 |
"The Most Beautiful Couple" - Its European/German
premiere is at the 26th Filmfest Hamburg (9/27 -
10/6/2018), on Saturday, Sep 29 at 9:30 pm in the
„Passage“ movie theatre. It runs in the section 'Grosse
Freiheit', and is nominated for the 'Hamburg Producers
Award for German Film Productions' and for the 'Art Cinema
Award'. ▶️ Tickets.
Guests: Sven Taddicken (Director), Jamila Wenske
(Produzentin), Jasna Fritzi Bauer (Actress), Leonard Kunz
(Actor), Daniela Knapp (DoP) – although not Maximilian
Brückner because he is on stage in Munich, as "The Master
Builder".
Ticket sales for all 138 movies of the festival have
started today, online and via Phone: +49(0)180-6000
700 |
| Sep
11 |
Finally
Maxi realized it too: 😄 He is on the cover of one of the
TIFF issues of 'Variety': Photo
"The Most Beautiful Couple" - Toronto International Film
Festival reviews:
– The film is reminiscent of Michael Haneke’s Funny Games.
Whereas Funny Games is more cinematic, Taddicken’s is more
realistic dealing with how the couple felt and what will
push them past their limits. A well executed credible
thriller from start to finish making the film one of the
low-budget gems of the festival. (3 Stars).
Full review: Festival Reviews
– The fallout from a vicious holiday rape continues to
haunt a couple on their return to Germany. The Most
Beautiful Couple is at its most compelling when it’s
watching the leads grapple with their turmoil in their
conflicting ways As well as recognition on home turf,
thanks to excellent work by German actors Maximilian
Brückner (TV’s Arctic Circle) and Luise Heyer (Netflix’s
Dark), festival programmers elsewhere should also take
notice.
Full review by Sarah Ward, Screen Daily, Sep 10
– Das Beziehungsdrama "Das schönste Paar" des deutschen
Regisseurs Sven Taddicken hat beim 43. Toronto
International Film Festival vor begeistertem Publikum
Weltpremiere gefeiert. Der am Montagabend (Ortszeit)
gezeigte Film erzählt die Geschichte des jungen
Lehrerpaars Malte (Maximilian Brückner) und Liv (Luise
Heyer), das beim Urlaub auf Mallorca in seinem Ferienhaus
von drei Jugendlichen überfallen wird. Liv wird
vergewaltigt, die Jugendlichen entkommen. Zwei Jahre
später hat sich das Paar mit viel Kraft in seinen Alltag
zurückerkämpft - bis Malte zufällig einem der Täter
(Leonard Kunz) begegnet und ihm folgt. „Ich wollte vor
allem ergründen, wie unterschiedlich ein Paar mit einem
solchen Trauma umgeht - jeder für sich, aber auch
gemeinsam“, sagte Taddicken nach der Premiere in
Toronto. „Vergewaltigung ist ein schwieriges Thema,
über das ungern geredet wird. Und doch muss gerade
deshalb darüber gesprochen werden“, so der
Regisseur.
Full review: dpa
– A rape drama is not the kind of film you look forward to
seeing. Yet "The Most Beautiful Couple" is one you will be
glad you saw, and a well-made film all around. Sven
Taddicken and his outstanding actors - first and foremost
Luise Heyer (in "Dark" at TIFF17), and Maximilian
Brueckner - approach it carefully, delicately and
thoughtfully. It is not an easy film to get right but they
do so largely from the opening scene to the astounding
ending.
Full review by Jutta Brendemühl, Goethe-Institut Toronto
– "Das schönste Paar" von Sven Taddicken in Toronto
gefeiert. „Wut, Hilflosigkeit, Verzweiflung - Malte
und Liv tragen das beide in sich. Für ihn ist der
Gedanke der möglichen Rache aber wie ein Ventil“,
sagte Maximilian Brückner, der nach der Premiere mit
Beifall auf der Bühne begrüßt wurde, während Leonard Kunz
zunächst Buh-Rufe zu hören bekam. „Das freut mich“,
sagte der 26-Jährige, „das heißt, dass Sascha
überzeugend unsympathisch rüber kam.“ Wann "Das
schönste Paar" in deutschen Kinos anlaufen wird, steht
bisher noch nicht fest.
Full review: Zeit-Online
– This is what sets "The Most Beautiful Couple" apart from
other films tackling similar subject matter. It
acknowledges the toxicity of our human reactions to
trauma. Maximilian Brückner and Luise Heyer are
unforgettable.
Full review by Jared Mobarak, The Film Stage, Sep 11
– Terrence Todd talked with "The Most Beautiful Couple"s
writer & director Sven Taddicken, and has some
thoughts about another movie premiering at TIFF, "If Beale
Street Could Talk".
Source: TIFF 18-Most Beautiful
– Um weltpolitische Themen geht es zwar nicht in Sven
Taddickens neuem Film, "Das schönste Paar", produziert von
One Two Films, der gestern in Toronto seine vielbeachtete
Weltpremiere feierte in der Reihe Contemporary World
Cinema - ein Ausnahmezustand steht dennoch im Zentrum
dieses ganz feinen und ungemein intensiven Films, der Sam
Peckinpahs "Wer Gewalt sät" einmal auf den Kopf stellt und
noch einmal ganz neu denkt: Ein perfektes deutsches Paar,
wunderbar gespielt von Maximilian Brückner und Luise Heyer
mit Leistungen, die Amerikaner immer so schön "career
best" nennen, wird im Urlaub auf Mallorca nach seinem
Liebesspiel am Strand von drei angetrunkenen Jungs
gestellt und in seinen Bungalow gedrängt. Er wird auf dem
Boden festgehalten und muss hilflos mitansehen, wie sie
vergewaltigt wird. Schnitt auf zwei Jahre später in die
Gegenwart: Rein äußerlich hat das Paar, beide arbeiten als
Lehrer, die Attacke gut überstanden. Sie sind immer noch
zusammen, und es ist ihnen gelungen, wieder in eine Art
Normalzustand zu finden. Bis er auf der Straße den Jungen
sieht, der sie vergewaltigt hat und ihm folgt. In klug
arrangierten Szenen hält Sven Taddicken fest, wie diese
neue Realität alle verdrängten Komplexe, Ängste und
Schuldgefühle hochspült und die Beziehung nun beginnt,
sich an ihren Rändern aufzulösen. Das Beziehungsdrama wird
unmerklich zum Thriller. Es geht jetzt auch um Rache und
um Vergebung, was aber alles nicht so einfach ist, weil
auf einmal der zuvor eher gesichtslose Junge nicht einfach
mehr Buhmann und Monster ist und an Konturen gewinnt, der
Film ihm eine menschliche Existenz mit Freundin und Job
und ganz eigenen Nöten zugesteht. Bis zur Eskalation
bleibt "Das schönste Paar" immer nachvollziehbar mit
seinem "Wie würde man selbst in dieser Situation
reagieren"-Ansatz. Der Film findet immer die richtigen
Kinobilder für die zunehmende Frustration seiner beiden
Helden, die sich nichts mehr wünschen, als ihren Alltag
wieder zurückzuerobern, der ihnen aber durch die Finger
rinnt und sie allein lässt mit sich und ihren lodernden
Gefühlen. Das wusste auch das Publikum in Toronto zu
schätzen und spendete viel Applaus.
From: TIFF Tage 4 & 5: Ausnahmezustände,
11.9., Thomas Schultze
– One would be hard-pressed to find a more harrowing
opening act than the one that gets The Most Beautiful
Couple started. The Most Beautiful Couple is not "Death
Wish". Liv and Malte are solid characters whose actions
are within the realm of possibility… for the most part.
The way they deal with trauma is explored in depth, and
the movie benefits greatly of strong turns by Maximilian
Brückner and Luise Heyer as the couple in question.
Writer/director Sven Taddicken even dares to make the
perpetrator a well-rounded character. The denouement feels
chaotic and bit far-fetched for such an expertly
calibrated drama, but the pluses outweigh the minuses.
Three and a half stars.
From: TIFF 2018 - Day 5, Jorge Ignacio
Castillo |
| Sep
10 |
– Picture of the day, 10.9.2018:
Anlässlich des 43. Toronto International Film Festivals
luden The Match Factory und die Film- und Medienstiftung
NRW zum 6. Mal gemeinsam zum Dinner ins Ristorante
Terroni. Über 100 internationale Gäste kamen zusammen ,
darunter das Team von "Das schönste Paar" von Sven
Taddicken, der am Abend erst seine Weltpremiere feierte.
Das Foto zeigt l.-r. Maria Isabel ("The Extraordinary
Journey of Celeste Garcia"), Paula Beer ("Never Look
Away"), Michael Weber (manager, The Match Factory), Sven
Taddicken ("The Most Beautiful Couple"), Hans Löw ("In My
Room"), Natalia Lopez ("Our Time"), Ulrich Köhler ("In My
Room"), Maximilian Brückner ("The Most Beautiful Couple"),
Helga Binder (Förderung Film- und Medienstiftung NRW).
Source: Blickpunkt Film
– In the evening the premiere of "The Most Beautiful
Couple". |
| Sep
9 |
For
"The Most Beautiful Couple" today at TIFF: Maximilian
Brückner with TIFF's artistic director Cameron Bailey - photo 1 + photo 2. director & screen
writer Sven Taddicken und Leonard Kunz.
producer Jamila Wenske. Leonard Kunz, Maximilian Brückner, Ilann
Girard, Eric Neveux, Sven Taddicken. Maximilian Brückner, Paula Beer, Leonard
Kunz.
Later that evening was Maxi out and about in Toronto: Selfie |
| Sep
8 |
Toronto
interview: Sven Taddicken on recovery drama "The Most
Beautiful Couple" – World Premiere on Sep 10
German director Sven Taddicken’s fifth feature "The Most
Beautiful Couple" stars Maximilian Brückner and Luise
Heyer as a couple recovering - in different ways - from a
savage assault two years earlier.
From: Wendy Mitchell in Screen Daily, 9/8/18 – with story
SPOILER! |
| Sep
5 |
"The
Most Beautiful Couple" got 3 out of 4 stars in Toronto's
The Globe and Mail!
Elevator pitch: A German thriller about rape and revenge
keeps its cool, even if the characters occasionally don’t.
Because violence is so commonplace in movies, an ugly act
on screen doesn’t always faze viewers as it otherwise
might. But there’s a type of horror that’s especially
awful to consider, that being the unthinkable scenario in
which someone is forced to watch the rape of a loved one.
That’s what happens in The Most Beautiful Couple, an
evenly wrought German thriller that begins with a married
couple (played convincingly by Maximilian Bruckner and
Luise Heyer) having their Mallorca vacation ruined in the
most despicable way. Once home (and with the case
unsolved), the trauma lingers for both husband and wife.
She talks to a psychiatrist; he takes boxing lessons.
After two years, they seem to be over it. But are they?
Director Sven Taddicken’s excellently intense drama deals
with revenge, guilt and forgiveness. There’s a stabbing
involved, but when the rapist is asked by his victim why
he had committed the sexual assault, his sneering reply -
“Because I could” - cuts as cold and deep as any knife.
Brad Wheeler, The Globe and Mail |
| Sep
4 |
Hopefully
someone is able to see "Das schönste Paar" (there under the
title "The Most Beautiful Couple") at the Toronto
International Film Festival. These are the screenings at
the Scotiabank Theatre, 259 Richmond St W, Toronto, ON,
M5V 3M6:
Sun 9 Sep - 4:45 pm - Scotia 7 - Press & Industry
* Mon 10 Sep - 6:15 pm - Scotia 13 - WORLD
PREMIERE
* Wed 12 Sep - 4:45 pm - Scotia 13 - Public
Screening
Thu 13 Sep - 6:45 pm - Scotia 8 - Press & Industry
* Sun 16 Sep - 12:30 pm - Scotia 10 - Public
Screening
*** Here you can buy tickets for the World
Premiere and the Public Screenings ▶️ Manage &
Buy Tickets.
Review of the trailer for "The Most Beautiful Couple":
"Revenge. I am a fan of these kinds of stories if for no
other reason than it supposes an interesting question: If
you were violated how far would you go to right that
wrong? Writer Andre Dubus did with his short story
“Killings”, which became “In the Bedroom”, and it did it
masterfully. Director Sven Taddicken looks to be going
down that same path. No one died as a result of these
hooligans’ actions, but the morality play performed in
front of us gets complex. You have two victims and,
therefore, two ways of looking at how revenge factors in
their healing process. The trailer is edited well in how
quick we get right to the heart of the issue and, more
importantly, what’s at stake for each of those who have
been aggrieved." Christopher Stipp. Source: Slashfilm, 9/1/18 |
| Aug
31 |
Announced
to attend the world premiere of "Das schönste Paar" / "The
Most Beautiful Couple" at the 43th Toronto International
Film Fest (TIFF, 6. - 16.9.2018) are actors Maximilian
Brückner and Leonard Kunz and their director & screen
writer Sven Taddicken.
Source: Guess who's coming to TIFF '18,
8/30/18 |
| Aug
27 |
Variety has been given exclusive access to the trailer for
Sven Taddicken’s “The Most Beautiful Couple,” which has
its world premiere in the 'Contemporary World Cinema'
section of the Toronto Film Festival : Trailer
In the film Liv and Malte are forced to revisit their past
when Malte spots the man who sexually assaulted Liv two
years ago. While Liv yearns for acceptance and healing,
Malte is trying to fight the urge for revenge. But will
their love survive?
Taddicken says: “The premise of ‘The Most Beautiful
Couple’ felt like a worst-case scenario for any loving
couple. It was like a nightmare that kept haunting my
thoughts. So I finally sat down and started to think it
through, while wondering if there is a cure for that
couple. I guess it’s that same energy that kept me
writing that also keeps the audience tied to the film.”
“The Most Beautiful Couple” stars Maximilian Brückner and
Luise Heyer. The producers are Sol Bondy and Jamila Wenske
at One Two Films, whose credits include Jennifer Fox’s “The
Tale” and Isabel Coixet’s “The Bookshop”. Wenske and Bondy
were selected by Variety for its 2018 “10 Producers to Watch” list. The
film’s sales agent is Beta Cinema.
Source: Variety, Leo Barraclough, 8/27/18 |
| Aug
22 |
Brothers
Florian, Dominikus and Maximilian Brückner model shirts of
the new company "Hund sans scho" for the family business
"Trachten Brückner": Photos |
| Aug
21 |
Screenings
dates (press & public) of "The Most Beautiful Couple"
("Das
schönste Paar") at the 43th Toronto International
Film Festival — at the Scotiabank Theatre, 259 Richmond St
W, Toronto, ON, M5V 3M6, Canada: Sun 9/9, 4:45pm. Mon
9/10, 6:15pm. Wed 9/12, 4:45pm. Thu 9/13, 6:45pm. Sun
9/16, 12:30pm (tbc) - all subtitled. Individual tickets
will go on sale in early September.
A couple grapples with the difficult, lingering trauma of
a sexual assault and must work out how to live with that
crime, themselves, and each other, in director Sven
Taddicken’s intense and emotional dramatic thriller.
Married couple Malte (Maximilian Brückner) and Liv (Luise
Heyer) are enjoying their Mallorca vacation until the
unthinkable happens: they are assaulted by three young men
and Liv is raped while Malte is pinned down, unable to
stop them, forced to watch.
Back in Germany their life appears to return to something
like normal. They continue to teach at the same high
school and Malte plays weekend gigs with his band. We
learn that it’s been two years since the assault. Liv has
been seeing a therapist. She wants to move on, in the
bedroom and otherwise, even openly talking about what
happened with friends and forgiving her attacker in the
abstract. But Malte is stuck, unable to absolve the rapist
or more importantly, himself, for what happened. And then,
he sees him. He’s ordering a kebab after what seems like a
fun night out with his girlfriend. How is this even
possible? With their relationship tenuously held together
by the pretense of normalcy, and without the help of the
police, Liv and Malte must chart a path forward, together.
Writer-director Sven Taddicken cleverly crafts an intense
relationship drama and gripping revenge thriller. Aided by
the strong performances of his two leads - whether
preparing a meal or facing their worst nightmare head-on -
the tension established in the film’s opening scenes never
lets up. The Most Beautiful Couple asks how far we would
go to protect those we love and, if we couldn’t protect
them, how far would we go to avenge them? How far would we
go to avenge ourselves? Source: TIFF, 8/21/18 |
| Aug
17 |
Toronto
2018 – Exclusive: Poster for "The Most Beautiful Couple"
Sven Taddicken’s sixth feature, selected at the Toronto
International Film Festival, is a story of love marked by
a tragedy.
Young teacher Malte's wife Liv is raped by a young
stranger in a tragic assault during their summer holidays.
The couple shows astonishing strength, dealing with this
traumatic event as rationally as possible. It takes a
while for them to rebuild the trust in their relationship
and their sexuality – things are slowly getting back to
normal for the couple. Two years later, Malte meets the
perpetrator again by accident. Malte cannot believe his
eyes, and follows him around the city to gather
information about him. But before he can tell Liv or the
police, it comes to a confrontation between the two men.
Malte gets sucked into his longing for justice and
revenge. And it looks like the real challenge for the most
beautiful couple is still to come ...
This is the synopsis for Sven Taddicken’s sixth feature,
"The Most Beautiful Couple", which will have its world
premiere in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the
2018 Toronto International Film Festival. The film stars
Maximilian Brückner and Luise Heyer. It was produced by
One Two Films (Germany), funded by Filmstiftung NRW, MBB
and the FFA, and co-produced with French outfit Arsam
International. The world sales are being handled by Beta
Cinema, and Zorro Film will release it in Germany.
Source: Cineuropa, 8/17/18 |
| Aug
16 |
Beta
Cinema adquirió "The Most Beautiful Couple"
La compañía estrenará la producción durante el Festival de
Cine Internacional de Toronto como parte de los World
Premiere.
Beta Cinema dio a conocer su última adquisición: el drama
‘The Most Beautiful Couple’ de Sven Taddicken. De esta
manera, Beta Cinema estrenará el título durante el
Festival de Cine Internacional de Toronto, como parte del
programa Contemporary World Cinema del TIFF.
La historia repasa la vida de Liv y Malte, quienes se ven
obligados a revisar su pasado luego de que Malte
inesperadamente vea al hombre que los atacó hace dos años.
Malte lucha contra la necesidad de una sangrienta
venganza, mientras que Liv anhela la aceptación y la
curación. ‘The Most Beautiful Couple’ es un drama
fascinante sobre la dinámica en juego cuando una pareja
trabaja a través del trauma de una agresión sexual.
El director de la obra, explicó: "La premisa de esta
película surgió de un pensamiento de pesadilla: el peor de
los casos para una pareja amorosa. Seguí obsesionándome.
Finalmente me senté y empecé a pensarlo. ¿Qué tipo de
resolución podría existir para una pareja en esta
situación? No podía dejar de escribir. La energía que me
atormentaba es la misma con la que escribí y la misma que
me mantuvo escribiendo: creo que es esta energía la que
mantiene a la audiencia atada a la película".
El elenco incluye a Maximilian Brückner, Luise Heyer,
Leonard Kunz y Jasna Fritzi Bauer. Mientras que el equipo
creativo está compuesto por Sun Bondy y Jamila Wenske (One
Two Films), como productores ejecutivos, y coproducido por
Ilann Girard (Arsam International). La película es una
coproducción germano-francesa.
© Newsline Report, 8/16/18 |
| Aug
14 |
"Das
schönste Paar" / "The Most Beautiful Couple" - A
couple grapples with the difficult, lingering trauma of a
sexual assault and must work out how to live with that
crime, themselves, and each other, in director Sven
Taddicken’s intense and emotional dramatic thriller.
Germany-France, 97 min.
World premiere is at the 43th Toronto International Film
Festival, Sep 6-16, 2018 in the section 'Contemporary
World Cinema'. Schedule and screening location(s) coming
on August 21!
Sources: TIFF, and 'Toronto unveils
Contemporary World Cinema, more Galas and Special
Presentations', in Screen Daily, 8/14/18 |
| Aug
7 |
The movie "Das schönste Paar" / "The Most
Beautiful Couple" with Maximilian Brückner, Luise
Heyer, Florian Bartholomäi, Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Leonard
Kunz, Oskar Bökelmann, Aurel Manthei, Julius Nitschkoff,
Matthias Lier, writer & director: Sven Taddicken, now
has an official Facebook page. But so far
no known premiere or opening date. |
| Aug
4 |
Maxi
early this morning on a moped riding to a nearby swimming
lake: Clip |
| Aug
1 |
2018/19's
program schedule of the Munich Volkstheater (with Ibsen's
"The Master Builder" and Kobell's "Der Brandner Kaspar", and
Maximilian Brückner as the lead in both plays) for September and October 2018 is now
online. Tickets online available here and here. |
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