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A Friend of Mine (2006 film)

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A Friend of Mine (Ein Freund von mir) is a 2006 German feature film written and directed by Sebastian Schipper. It tells the story of Karl (played by Daniel Brühl), an insurance executive, and his friendship with the free-spirited Hans (Jurgen Vogel).[1][2]

Plot

In the film Karl, a high-flying car insurance executive, is assigned menial work at a car rental agency by his boss Fernandez (Peter Kurth), ostensibly to do research but really to try and get a reaction out of Karl. There he meets Hans and his girlfriend Stelle (Sabine Timoteo), and they establish a kind of ménage à trois.[2][1]

Premiere

For the film's premiere in October 2006, Brühl and Vogel set a world record for the most red-carpet appearances in twelve hours, with six screenings in five cities. This beat a previous record set by Will Smith who had attended three premieres in the same period of time in the United Kingdom in 2004 for his film Hitch.[3]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack mixed acoustic rock and electronic music and included tracks by Gravenhurst, Talk Talk, Savath & Savalas and International Pony. Variety praised its quality.[2]

Critical reaction

Variety, while praising one scene between Daniel Brühl and Sabine Timoteo, said "the otherwise mundane script fails to make any genuinely insightful inroads into character."[2]

Spiegel Online called it "a beautiful film about young people, a poetic love story and a delicious comedy about car fetishism".[1]

Cast

  • Daniel Brühl - Karl
  • Jürgen Vogel - Hans
  • Sabine Timoteo - Stelle
  • Peter Kurth - Fernandez
  • Michael Wittenborn - Naumann
  • Oktay Özdemir - Theo
  • Steffen Groth - Frank
  • Jan Ole Gerster - Cornelius

Crew

  • Director - Sebastian Schipper
  • Writer - Sebastian Schipper

References

  1. ^ a b c Peter Luley, "Nackt im Porsche", Spiegel Online, October 26, 2006. http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/0,1518,444737,00.html
  2. ^ a b c d Jay Weissberg. "A Friend of Mine". Variety March 14, 2007. http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117933088?refcatid=31
  3. ^ "Weltrekord im Premieren-Hopping". October 23, 2006. Stern. http://www.stern.de/kultur/film/ein-freund-von-mir-weltrekord-im-premieren-hopping-574653.html
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