Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey Into the Desert (2023) 2412

Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey Into the Desert (2023). 1h 51m

“I saw Margarete von Trothau0026#39;s movie: Ingeborg Bachmann – Reise in die Wüste with great interest. The many negative reviews doesnu0026#39;t do justice to the movie because it highlights something that very few films dare to show with such clarity: that men and women donu0026#39;t fit together when they both work creatively. The movie shows that there is a female artist in Ingeborg Bachmann who is in a certain way humanly superior to the man, even if his name is Max Frisch – in the level of understanding, perception and finding words.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eVicky Krieps plays Bachmann, but too much in the quiet tones and colors that Bachmann doesnu0026#39;t really have. Just listen to her radio interviews, where Bachmann speaks in a very firm and brilliant voice. None of that here. Vicky Krieps is probably a phenotypically well cast, but vocally too lukewarm.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eRonald Zehrfeld, on the other hand, plays Frisch in a very courageous way as a toxic man who wants a housemaid, but not the competitor he sees in Ingeborg Bachmann, whom he has to envy and whose success he reacts to in a grumpy, moody and jealous manner.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eZehrfeld, one of the most important German-speaking actors of his generation, is perfectly cast here. We particularly hope for him to have many challenging roles in the future.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOverall, Trotha has made a very good and reliable film in which she courageously takes sides with a vulnerable artist who was stuck in a toxic relationship for far too long. The filmu0026#39;s images are strong, sometimes too poetic, which is why they sometimes seem kitsch, sometimes too dignified and twisted.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSo, one point is deducted for the vocally weak Vicky Krieps, who is playing too much at the moment and could use a break. As an actress, itu0026#39;s important to make yourself scarce.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe second deduction is for the poorly done, cheesy score and the poor sound mixing. One would like German films to have mixtures like those in the USA or , where a score does not cover up and drown out the dialogues and conversations, but rather underscores them where necessary. The film was impossible to fully understand, which I particularly regret for a film that lives primarily from the spoken word.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eUnfortunately, it didnu0026#39;t turn out to be a masterpiece, despite itu0026#39;s potentials inherent in the material, but it was a good piece of craftsmanship that is definitely worth looking at.”