Phantom Pain ( Phantomschmerz )

Phantom Pain (DVD) (*)

$29.99

Original Title: Phantomschmerz
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
93 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Matthias Emcke

Written By:
Matthias Emcke

Actors:
Til Schweiger ..... Marc Sumner
Jana Pallaske ..... Nika
Stipe Erceg ..... Alexander
Luna Schweiger ..... Sarah
Alwara Höfels ..... Barmädchen
Ellenie Salvo González ..... Dunkelhaarige Affäre (as Ellenie Salvo Gonzáles)
Carina N. Wiese ..... Exfrau von Marc
Gode Benedix ..... Vorarbeiter (as Gode Bendix)
Julia Brendler ..... Anna
Kida Khodr Ramadan ..... Deepak
Hans-Heinrich Hardt ..... Chef Fahrradladen
Richard Sammel ..... Chefarzt
Stephan Bieker ..... Krankenpfleger
Milena Arnold ..... Alexanders Tochter Emilia
Ralf Dittrich ..... Orthopäde Dr. Speicher

Synopsis:

Pop-scored montages do most of the heavy lifting in "Phantom Pain," a well-made but wearyingly conventional piece of inspirational uplift about a cad who loses a leg in a bike accident. Predictably enough, amputee status forces him to confront his many issues -- he drinks too much, he loves the ladies but can't commit, he's a lousy father with daddy issues of his own -- which pile up so fast, one can scarcely see the character for the cliches. Teuton uber-star Til Schweiger reps the pic's best selling point outside Germany, where it opened modestly in April. His hair long and unkempt, charming drifter Marc (Schweiger) loves riding his bicycle -- not least because it's an easy way to flee responsibility -- but everything changes when he collides with an oncoming car one night. With help from his friends and young daughter (Schweiger's own kid, Luna), all more supportive than he deserves, Marc revives his long-dormant writing talent while voiceover reminiscences of his troubled relationship with his dad flood the already overworked soundtrack. Auds will know Marc's a changed man when he finally gets a haircut, but by then it's too little, too late.

A cyclist loses his leg in a hit-and-run accident and must learn to live with the handicap.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 28 December, 2009.

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