1971. They gave us a feeling of spontaneous zest for life, but also of a great emotionality, the strength that is also found in their music. “Why did not I tell him more often that I love him?” At that point, I somehow felt satisfied and freed. Alexandra Makarová Režie, Scénář; Sebastian Schmidl Scénář; Simon Schwarz Produkce; Konstantin Seitz Produkce; Johannes Winkler Hudba; Georg Weiss Kamera 2016 - KAVIAR Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion Sender/Verleih: Thimfilm. It was also particulary important for me that my research was well founded and I was authentic to the story of our protagonists. But through the power of love they forget the impending pain. One day, young Marcela arrives… No one should compare these castings with our standard castings. After a short while we broke up with this agency. … While we are happy to make plans for the future, for other cultures it can mean pain and suffering or even death. It was important to immerse ourselves in this world and to allow the creative departments involved in the creation of CRUSH MY HEART to accompany Alexandra Makarová on research trips. Jako kdyby byl Simon jeho nejlepší kamarád, vypráví Karl svému synovi, že od té doby, co spí se svou novou sekretářkou Sonjou, se … In such moments, and I can actually say that from my own experience, one is gratefull for all decisions you made yourself. Über ihre Frauenfigur sagt Alexandra Makarová: "Perla ist keine klassische Heldin, keine durchwegs aufopfernde Mutter und auch keine Heilige. "[8] Der Falter, Der Standard befand, dass der Film seine Romeo-und-Julia-Erzählung mit einem poetischen Realismus verbinde, wie man ihn im heimischen Kino sonst kaum sehe. Funny enough, I found Simona Kovácová on Facebook. The story of a population living in Europe for more than 600 years. For the first time in Pepe’s life, he looks beyond his own limits and tries to escape from his dreary everyday life with Marcela. Those who wanted got a little scene and had a week to prepare for the casting. Eines Tages taucht die 16-jährige Marcela auf und stößt zur Gruppe. In recent years we have been to Eastern Slovakia several times to get an understanding of this culture. His countenance had changed rapidly in recent years, they were grim, aggressive and no longer a 12-year-old boy. Dem Eintauchen in eine von Armut, Gewalt und Perspektivlosigkeit geprägte Parallelgesellschaft steht dabei der lebenshungrige Blick der Jungverliebten entgegen: Alles leuchtet in buntem Licht, wenn Marcela und Pepe durch die Wiener Nacht ziehen. Roman Pokuta was found with the help of our Slovakian co-casting agent Juraj Baláž, who has also worked for Martin Šulík’s film CIGÁN Roma and had a lot of experience. Something where each of us has realized what it can do or what it can trigger. As a result, they also exercise violence over them. Zerschlag mein Herz (englischer Titel: Crush My Heart) ist ein österreichischer Spielfilm aus dem Jahr 2018 von Alexandra Makarová. Getaucht in kräftige, bunte Farben haftete dieser Geschichte einer verunmöglichten Liebe etwas Märchenhaftes und zugleich Surreales an – so wie ein Traum, von dem man bereits im Schlaf weiß, dass er nicht wahr sein kann.“[9], Andrey Arnold schrieb in der Tageszeitung Die Presse, dass die Art, wie der Film seine Geschichte erzähle, aus der Masse österreichischer Dramen heraussteche. Alexandra Makarová. Production Geretschläger-Makarová-Schmidl-Weiss & Soleil Film. Languages. ... Simon Schwarz Current_partner: Alexandra Makarová (2012–) It’s the same with everyone else of our Protagonists. Simon Schwarz obdivoval prácu miestnych kuchárok. The welfare of the family is above the well-being of the individual. Simon Schwarz. A force that finds something life-affirming even in the most extreme poverty. Später kamen die Szenenbildnerin Momo Ehegartner und Regieassistentin Ari Yehudit Richter mit auf diese Reisen, um Material und Eindrücke fü… [6] Produziert wurde der Film von der Alternative Productions. Among the members is teenage street beggar Pepe, who is forced to surrender his daily proceeds. But it was often the case that they only speak Romanes and no Slovak in a slum and ten kilometers away it was the complete opposite. 2016 - UNTER DEUTSCHEN BETTEN Artists: Loyko© Traditional ℗ & © Line: 2000 Network Medien GmbHBy courtesy ofMembran Rights Management Ltd. Artists: Polina Winkler, Vanja Toscano de Almeida, Nicolas Fischer, Johannes Winkler, Lukas FellnerMusic & Lyrics: Johannes Winkler© 2018 Johannes Winkler, Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly Raffaella AngelettiFondazione Orchestra Regionale delle MarcheConductor: Daniele Callegari Sferisterio Opera Festival in Macerata© 2010 UNITELBy courtesy of Unitel, Artists: Vanja Toscano de Almeida, Magdalena Wieckowska, Polina Winkler, Johannes Winkler, Lukas FellnerMusic & Lyrics: Johannes Winkler© 2018 Johannes Winkler. With her help I visited for almost three years countless slums where the Slovak Roma live, mostly on the outskirts or away from small villages and I was able to get in touch with people, their fears and hopes. Simon Schwarz. Before long, love is in the air. Poverty, love, joie de vivre, fear, insecurity, but also – and this is the decisive factor – the power of a culture of a population, which, no matter in which social environment they live, can be felt. To earn money for his mother and sisters in Eastern Slovakia, Pepe goes begging day after day.Despite the harshness of his everyday life, Pepe seems to have come to terms with his life situation, but that changes as the same age Marcela comes to work on her father’s debt for Rocky. „Makarová verzichtet wohlweislich auf die Darstellung expliziter Gewalt und behält sich damit die Möglichkeit eines empathischen Blicks vor. Dass in Wirklichkeit alles noch schlimmer ist, weiß man ohnehin. PRODUCERS´ STATEMENT. A patriarchal society that can not freely agree with the notions of a modern world in which each person has the same rights, who she / he loves, or where she / he wants to live with.Through centuries of expulsion, flight and enslavement, the constant marginalization by the majority society, only social cohesion was left to them. Die Dreharbeiten fanden im August 2016 in Wien, Niederösterreich und der Ostslowakei statt. Ari Yehudit Richter, my assistant director and I traveled to Eastern Slovakia every week and sometimes it happened that the candidates we came for did not even turn up and that, although we had contact with them on Facebook on a daily basis, often also one hour before the beginning of the casting. (c) Die Presse (Clemens Fabry) 08.10.2018 um 17:39 Sie stammt aus dem gemeinsamen Heimatdorf in der Ostslowakei und soll unter Rocky die Schulden ihres Vaters abarbeiten. The milieu we are trying to portrait is based on a tradition that has not changed for centuries. Pressestimmen: "Das Spielfilmdebüt von Alexandra Makarová erzählt kompetent und gewann sie 2011 den 3. Die Vorproduktion und Drehbucharbeit begann im Frühjahr 2015. Copyright © 2021 Crush my Heart / Alternative Productions. Filmdebüt von Makarová | „Zerschlag mein Herz“ In „Zerschlag mein Herz“ gewährt die junge Regisseurin Alexandra Makarová intensive Einblicke in das Leben zweier Roma Jugendlichen aus der Slowakei, deren familiäre Struktur sie nötigt, in den Wiener Straßen um Geld zu bitten. This story has its own power on us. There are two very strong motivations of life in our story. Somewhere in the outskirts of Vienna, gypsy mafia man Rocky rules his “family” with an iron fist. Schauspieler Simon Schwarz, der hier erstmals als Produzent fungierte, begab sich zusammen mit Regisseurin Alexandra Makarová und Kameramann Georg Weiss auf Dutzende Recherchereisen und Castingreisen in die Ostslowakei unter anderem nach Zámutov, Jánovce (Poprad) und Richnava.Später kamen die Szenenbildnerin Momo … So our main characters at least try to rebel against the social rules, but fail completely. What we experienced in the slum-like Roma villages of Eastern Slovakia was the fact that the man/the father, must provide protection to their women and children. Für Pepe und Marcela beginnt ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit.[4][3][5][2]. Roman also got a small scene to prepare. We have experienced living conditions in the Slovak villages that are unacceptable. Alexandra Makarová chcela vedieť, ako títo mladí ľudia doma žijú, čím sa zaoberajú, po čom túžia, v akých spoločenských štrukúrach sa pohybujú, aby mohla o tejto téme nakrútiť autentický krátky film. There was an experience with an approximately 12-year-old Roma boy whom I had known by sight for a long time. Der Film wurde 2019 im Rahmen der Edition österreichischer Film von Hoanzl und dem Standard auf DVD veröffentlicht. 99 Min. Ovšem jako vždy jsou jeho rodiče pohlceni svými vlastními problémy. With an aggressive haircut, piercings, leather jacket and smoking, a sensitive teenager was hidden behind his armor, but he was not allowed to be sensitive in his settlement. neue Videos neue Fotos Vita aktualisiert. That’s how it all began, first with the help of the Vienna police until the first meeting with Jozefina Tomášová/a Romni from Eastern Slovakia . Wir gratulieren Alexandra Makarová ganz herzlich und können den Film jedem ans Herz legen – zerschlagen oder nicht. new member, not yet validated. (Already in the METAMORPHOSEN of Ovid these motivations break out in PYRAMUS AND THISBE, Bandello introduces in his novel about the TRAGIC DEATH OF TWO UNBELIEVABLE LOVERS Romeo and Juliet, thus offering Shakespeare and de Vega the material for their dramas. new videos new fotos CV updated. They lived for love. 6 6 simona kovÁČovÁ marcela roman pokuta pepe Crush My Heart is her first feature film. Pepe soll sich um sie kümmern und beginnt mit ihr durch die Stadt zu streifen. Der Charme des Spiels zweier blutjunger Schauspieldebütanten -Simona Kováčová war erst 15 Jahre alt, den 17-jährigen Roman Pokuta engagierte die Regisseurin aus dem größten Slum der Ostslowakei - und zarte experimentelle Kunstgriffe wie Farbspiele, Zeitlupen und aus der Handlung herausgehobene Einzelbilder erinnern gleichzeitig an Franco Zeffirellis (1968) und Baz Luhrmanns (1996) berühmte Adaptionen der Tragödie. Many of the young people we casted could not read or write, creating an unpleasant and sad situation for all concerned. Why? Nevertheless, I do not see an absolute defeat in the self-imposed suicide of Marcela and Pepe. Even today, these patriarchal structures are still present and as part of this fathers have the right to dispose of their children. Schauspieler Simon Schwarz, der hier erstmals als Produzent fungierte, begab sich zusammen mit Regisseurin Alexandra Makarová und Kameramann Georg Weiss auf Dutzende Recherchereisen und Castingreisen in die Ostslowakei unter anderem nach Zámutov, Jánovce (Poprad) und Richnava. The first is love. Später kamen die Szenenbildnerin Momo Ehegartner und Regieassistentin Ari Yehudit Richter mit auf diese Reisen, um Material und Eindrücke für den Look des Films zu sammeln. INFO: Ö 2018. Duration: 01:39:07 Country: Austria Directors: Alexandra Makarová Writers: Alexandra Makarová, Sebastian Schmidl Producers: Konstantin Seitz, Simon Schwarz Somewhere in the outskirts of Vienna, gypsy mafia man Rocky rules his “family” with an iron fist. Alexandra Makarova war Preisträgerin des ersten gesamt-russischen sowie weiterer internationaler Dirigenten-Wettbewerbe, u.a. PDF Showreel. Unlike in Austria, in Slovakia people are growing up very aware that there are Roma. Schutzherr Rocky tyrannisiert seinen eigenen Clan, darunter seine Freundin Terezka, die er auf den Strich schickt. He came to my table, wanted money and cigarettes, when we did not give him any of it, he began to berate us wildly without knowing that I speak Slovak and understand everything. 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