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ACTOR
Sebastian SchlechtEric GolubIris MinichDenis Alevi
DIRECTOR
Jan Krüger
SYNOPSICS
Rückenwind (2009) is a German movie. Jan Krüger has directed this movie. Sebastian Schlecht,Eric Golub,Iris Minich,Denis Alevi are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2009. Rückenwind (2009) is considered one of the best Drama,Mystery,Romance movie in India and around the world.
A young gay couple go on a camping trip, biking through the woods of Brandenburg. They have some mishaps along the way before meeting a woman and her teenager son on a farm.
Rückenwind (2009) Reviews
MUCH better than they're telling you
I loved this movie! I don't care that I don't understand the end or much of anything else about it. I may figure it out someday, or I may not, but that does not in any way diminish the joy this wonderful movie gave me. I was fascinated for every one of its 75 minutes. The music alone is exhilarating, an eclectic mix including an 18th century Handel song and modern instrumentals that made me want to dance (and I am NOT a dancer). Sebastian Schlecht, who plays Johann, the darker-haired of the two lovers, is extraordinarily appealing in a quirky, understated way, and his expressions during the last ten minutes of the movie just blew me away. I never assume actors are gay, but if these two are not, then they had the best direction any two straight actors ever had, and they followed that direction with courage and dedication and talent few actors have. I believed completely in the passion and the tenderness between them, and their love scenes are some of the most erotic I have ever seen, although they are not even close to being explicit sexually. I can't get over how much better this movie is than other reviewers led me to expect.
Terror by small steps
I feel compelled to write a rare--for me--review because I feel that the only previous reviewer missed the point of this movie almost entirely. It's true that the photography and setting are beautiful. It's also true that the title refers to the gently-sloping bike lane that the two protagonists choose for their camping weekend in the country. However, like almost everything else in the film, it also may allude to the gradual, almost imperceptible manner in which a "hike in the woods" can degenerate into a mad rush to terror. The film opens in an antiseptic institution of unknown character wherein one of the central characters, Johann, finds himself. In voice-over, he tells of a fable involving a fox and a hare. The fox is attempting to lure the hare into the deep woods for a little adventure. The hare, ignorant of any impending danger, is finally persuaded. "I'm game", he intones. The scene then cuts to a passenger car on a train bound for the German countryside. The young man we have just met now has a new-found companion, Robin. It soon becomes apparent that the two very attractive young men are lovers, each with a bit of a masochistic/sadistic streak. The balance of this rather brief study in human nature--at a mere 75 minutes--is a test of the viewer's aptitude at deciphering which of the two boys is the hare and the other the fox. Every detail in the film is critical to avoiding being blind-sided by the ambiguous and chillingly abrupt ending.
Lost in the woods, a plot.
I'm not sure it counts as a spoiler, since I couldn't figure out the ending. This film seemed to go nowhere, slowly and randomly. Two gay boyfriends (together two months) go on a biking trip together, and encounter mishaps and some friction. They take refuge in a farmhouse with a 40ish woman who seems to fixate on gay men (like her vanished husband) and her teenage son who is typically rather bored and boring, not especially interested in things gay, and not believable as a threat to the two lovers. There's a loose sense of foreboding, but since all the characters seem bored or moody, there is little in the way of clues to piece together a plot. There are a lot of indulgent scenic shots which slow down the action, rather than adding momentum towards a denouement that when arrived at, I still found confusing. The side story about a disappearance in the 18th century seems like it could be a clue to the action, but I couldn't see how it fit. Ditto the psychoactive berries, which add confusion rather than clarity and makes an attempted thriller less thrilling and more confusing in the end.
schizophrenia
This is a film reminiscent of "Sun Kissed" of 2006. Most seemed to hate that film too. Both are films following a schizophrenic fantasy. The action is slow because it is a dreamlike state. Johann fantasizes a hiking trip with a lover. The mother and son they meet are totally supportive of their homosexuality. It is possible that society's non-supportive attitude is what put Johann in the institution in the first place, and so he fantasizes the opposite in a dream world. Johan is both the fox and the hare, two different aspects of his personality. All the water scenes are symbolic of fantasy and are the key that we are not witnessing reality. The showering with a hose out of doors is similar to a scene in "Sun Kissed" because the plumbing did not work indoors which may symbolize the institution or society in general. The scene over the highway where Johann and Robin watch the world go by beneath them shows they are in a world of their own in which they can love each other and be free. The one contact with the real world to which Johann must succumb is the need for sustenance thus the scene with the stealing of food from the couple bicycling. I like to believe the berries eaten by Johann was actually medication administered which totally disrupted his dream lovers' outing. Thus doctors meddling with someone's subconscious are liable to get him tangled in the woods. Who can say that a schizophrenic with a complete fantasy world in his/her mind has not reached nirvana? I gave it a nine because I realized fairly early that I was following a dream that was not supposed to make sense. One just has to suspend reality and go with the sensuous flow.
Attractive young gay lovers exploring the wilderness and each other.
Light Gradient refers to the gradual slope of a bike path the boys take through a German forest. By gradual I mean slow. Entire scenes tend to go by of light bouncing off trees, water trickling down streams. Comparisons could be made with Summers Storm in the use of half naked young German men out in the open. However this movie has a very scant cast. Mostly 2 main characters, with 2 more joining later. This is not a coming out movie. All characters are extremely comfortable with their sexuality and I think this is a wonderful portrayal of owning ones sexuality. However the slowness of the movie will be its downfall. Occasional spurts of naked frivolity break up the trance like pace. The many close ups of Johan are not unwelcome. Overall it makes for a visual feast. The story line, however, is not compelling, just a little puzzling.