Everyone Else

Everyone Else
Directed by Maren Ade
Produced by Maren Ade
Dirk Engelhardt
Janine Jackowski
Screenplay by Maren Ade
Starring Birgit Minichmayr
Lars Eidinger
Cinematography Bernhard Keller
Edited by Heike Parplies
Production
company
Komplizen Film
Distributed by The Cinema Guild (United States)
Release dates
  • 18 June 2009 (2009-06-18)
Running time
 119 minutes[1]
Country Germany
Language German

Everyone Else (German: Alle Anderen) is a 2009 German drama film written and directed by Maren Ade, a German director.

Plot

Gitti (Birgit Minichmayr) and Chris (Lars Eidinger) are a young German couple on vacation at Chris's family villa in Sardinia. Gitta is much more spontaneous and light-hearted than Chris, wanting to go out and try to make friends while Chris remains introverted, preferring to stay in and read, even hiding from his neighbour, Hans. When he tries to speak to Gitti about his unhappy feelings about his life and career she interrupts him to say that he over thinks everything and should consider settling down with her. Chris is taken aback by her outburst.

While shopping for groceries Chris spots Hans and unsuccessfully tries to hide from him. Hans invites the couple to a barbecue at his home with his wife Sana which Gitta tries to decline. Chris overrides her and accepts the invitation. While there Hans reveals that Chris has declined an architecture prize because his design would be melded with another architect, though Chris had previously told Gitta that he hadn't heard back from the competition. Gitta is angered by the news and takes out her frustration on Hans.

Cast

Awards and nominations

Film Awards

Year Film Festival Award Category
2009 Berlin International Film Festival Jury Grand Prix Best Film
2009 Berlin International Film Festival Silver Bear Best Actress
2009 Berlin International Film Festival Femina Film Prize Best Production Design

Submissions

Critical reception

The film received positive reviews from film critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 89% out of 35 professional critics gave the film a positive review, with a rating average of 7.7/10.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Addiego, Walter. Review: Couple fight each other, 'Everyone Else', San Francisco Chronicle, July 2, 2010.
  2. ↑ Alle Anderen. Rotten Tomatoes. Flixter. Retrieved 8 September 2012.

External links

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