DEADLY MARIA
(Die Todliche Maria)
Year: 2000
Country:
Germany
Run Time:
106 minutes
Tom Tykwer's brilliant film debut excels in its use of innovative camera work as a means of wxploring his heroine's inner world. Maria lives an exceedingly quiet and uneventful life as the daughter of a malicious, bedridden father and as the wife of a disinterested, pedantic husband. She has no other companions or friends. A motherless young girl growing up in a purely maLe and overly repressed environment, Maria spends years collecting insects and bad experiences, following a precise ritual of housework, and writing letters to an imaginary lover. Only he is privy to her most intimate thoughts and memories. Then one day an incredible thing happens: Maria falls in love. This is going to be a wonderful revelation...and a recipe for diasaster. The pure craftsmanship of Tykwer's direction, along with superb performances by some of Germany's finest actors, makes DEADLY MARIA a polished and intense film that should not be missed. In German with English subtitles.
Screenplay
Tom Tykwer
Director
Tom Tykwer
Producer
Stefan Arndt, Tom Tykwer
Cinematography
Frank Griebe
Editing
Katja Dringenberg
Principal Cast
Nina Petri, Josef Bierbichler, Peter Franke, Joachim Krol, Katja Studt
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