Antonio Skármeta Collection (3 Films) - 2-DVD Set ( Ardiente paciencia (Burning Patience) / Abschied in Berlin / Wenn wir zusammen lebten… )

Antonio Skármeta Collection (3 Films) - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Ardiente paciencia (Burning Patience) / Abschied in Berlin / Wenn wir zusammen lebten…
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

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

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
244 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1983 - 1985 and produced in:
Chile ( Latin America, Mexico )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Portugal ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Antonio Skármeta

Written By:
Antonio Skármeta

Actors:
Roberto Parada ..... Pablo Neruda
Óscar Castro ..... Mario Jiménez, the postman
Marcela Osorio ..... Beatriz
Naldy Hernandez ..... Rosa
Antonio Skármeta ..... Le télégraphiste
Miguel Viqueira ..... L'abbé
Radomiro Spotorno ..... Martini Man
Käte Jaenicke ..... Großmutter
Bernhard Veith ..... Großvater
Gabriel Skármeta ..... Pablo
Ernesto Malbran ..... Vater
Paulina Landea Garcia ..... Mutter
Anja Jaenicke ..... Christina
Roberto Lecaros ..... Senior Lecaros
Özay Fecht ..... Sängerin
Mathieu Carrière ..... Fischhändler
Mareike Carrière ..... Fischfrau
Clement De Wrobelewsky
Katharina de Wroblewsky
Nohemi Dragonai
Jorge Escalanta
Marek Föller
Alexander Welch Guerra
KlausPeter Herbach
Nora Preperski
Thomas Riese
Arno Ziebell
Anita Castro
Óscar Castro
Peter Lehmann
Antonio Skármeta
Beltran Skármeta
Sergio Vesely
Nelson Villagra

Synopsis:

This double DVD comprises all three of Antonio Skármeta's films shot during his exile in Berlin in the 1980s: His award-winning story about Pablo Neruda and a simple postman, which was also published as a novel and later famously re-filmed as Il Postino; the portrait of a three-generation Chilean family living in a Berlin apartment; and a cinematic dairy, in which Skármeta visits other Chilean artists in exile. These films cast light on the everyday occurrences in a life shaped by politics the hope, the joy and the humour.

These three films that are being released by the Goethe-Institut arose from my experiences as an exile. They are best understood in the context of the special situation of West Berlin at that time the city which was always bound up with cinema for me. It was the German film maker Peter Lilienthal who initially made it possible for me to leave my home country of Chile, which was under the rule of a dictator at the time. I was eventually awarded a grant by the DAAD as part of its Berlin artists' programme. At that time I was already residing in Berlin with my family, writing scripts for the talented Peter Lilienthal, a director who had won several German film awards. The films included Es herrscht Ruhe im Land and Der Aufstand, on which I collaborated. As a result of the attention these films garnered, I was invited to work as a lecturer at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie, where for several years I assisted young writers, directors and students in making their own films. It was within this stimulating atmosphere that my own ambitions to make films were born. As an exile, I had the impression that many people in West Berlin could totally relate to my pain, desperation and my hopes of one day being able to return to a new, democratic Chile. So it was no big surprise that television channels and film producers showed an interest in my subject and supported these projects. It was very fortunate for me that people in the film and media industries in Germany felt great compassion for, and solidarity with, Latin America though also with Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa. It was due to this that I was able to realize these three films, enjoying great artistic freedom in the work process: They are based on my own experiences and impressions, and I was given great support by producers at the television channels. These films are characterized by the experience of exile, and although they are a consequence of distressing circumstances, and at times dramatic situations, they nonetheless project hope, joie de vivre, and humour. Despite the everyday problems that we exiles experienced, we were convinced that by remaining true to our history and ideals we would one day help restore freedom in our homelands. I am now writing these lines from Chile, which has once again been returned to democracy: As have Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil, which were also formerly under the rule of dictatorships. Other countries on different continents have experienced a similar fate. For exiles from many different countries, West Berlin was not just a temporary stopover, it was a place we could call home, a place to realize our work and a city we grew to love. When these films were made, the prospect of a democratic Latin America still seemed like a distant dream. It is very gratifying for me that despite the desperation of those times, we had the inspiration to project the future through our art in the only form that seemed realistic to us back then: As a type of nostalgia, like a dream. Although many decades have passed since the making of Mit brennender Geduld, Abschied in Berlin and Wenn wir zusammen lebten..., it is my deep hope that the spontaneous spirit in which they were created remains tangible, as well as the great affection for this country which gave usrefuge and a wonderful gift: The German language.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 08 July, 2015.