Love, Money, Love

L'amour, l'argent, l'amour

Switzerland, France, Germany

2000

137 Min

Color

2.35:1

German

Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
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EXEC Renée Gundelach, Michael Stricker

SCR Michael Busch, Philip Gröning

DP Philip Gröning, Sophie Maintigneux

CAST Sabine Timoteo, Florian Stetter, Michael Schech, Dierk Prawdzik, Marquard Bohm, Gerhard Fries

MUSIC Calexico, Snow Patrol, The Velvet Underground

SOUND Ed Cantu

Locarno (International Competition): Best Actress, Stockholm (Competition), Berlinale (New German Films), Karlovy Vary, Rotterdam, San Francisco, Sundance (Frontier), London (Experimenta)

Synopsis

David, a recently fired scrapyard worker and Marie, a prostitute, both about 20 years old, meet on New Year’s Eve in Berlin and decide to run away together. As David’s arm is plastered from an accident Marie continues to prostitute herself to finance their restless journey through the Ruhr area. Their love and their will to survive guide them though all problems. —IMDb

Director

Philip Gröning

Philip Gröning was born in Duesseldorf in 1959 and was raised in Duesseldorf and the United States. He studied Medicine and Psychology before enrolling at the Munich Academy of Television & Film (HFF/M) in 1982. Groening developed a passion for screenwriting and began to work as an actor for Peter Keglevic and Nicolas Humbert. He also worked as a sound assistant, propmaster and assistant director. His film credits include award-winning and critically acclaimed films The Swimmer (1983), The Last Picture Taken (1983), Summer (1986, “Main Prize Bergamo” 1988), Stachoviak! (1988, Silver Hugo Chicago), The Terrorists! (1992, Bronze Leopard Locarno), Victims. Witnesses (1993), L’Amour, L’Argent, L’Amour (2000, Bronze Leopard Locarno), and Into Great Silence (“Die Grosse Stille”, 2005). —filmportal.de