AMOUR FOU
synopsis
Berlin, the Romantic Era. Young poet Heinrich wishes to conquer the inevitability of death through love, yet is unable to convince his sceptical cousin Marie to join him in a suicide pact. It is whilst coming to terms with this refusal, ineffably distressed by his cousin's insensitivity to the depth of his feelings, that Heinrich meets Henriette, the wife of a business acquaintance. Heinrich's subsequent offer to the beguiling young woman at first holds scant appeal, that is until Henriette discovers she is suffering from a terminal illness. Amour Fou is a "romantic comedy" based loosely on the suicide of the poet Henrich von Kleist in 1811.
international title: | Amour Fou |
original title: | Amour Fou |
country: | Austria |
sales agent: | Coproduction Office |
year: | 2014 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Jessica Hausner |
film run: | 90' |
release date: | FR 04/02/2015, UK 04/02/2015, BE 18/03/2015, SE 11/09/2016 |
screenplay: | Jessica Hausner |
cast: | Christian Friedel, Birte Schnoeink, Stephan Grossmann, Katharina Schüttler, Sebastian Hülk, Sandra Hüller, Eva-Maria Kurz |
cinematography by: | Martin Gschlacht |
film editing: | Karina Ressler |
art director: | Katharina Wöppermann |
costumes designer: | Tanja Hausner |
producer: | Martin Gschlacht, Antonin Svoboda, Bruno Wagner, Bady Minck, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Philippe Bober |
production: | coop99, Amour Fou Luxembourg, Essential Filmproduktion |
distributor: | Film Europe, Film Europe s.r.o., Jour2fête, Arrow Film Distributors, Folkets Bio, Paco Poch Cinema |