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Der Boden unter den Füßen

  • 2019
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
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Valerie Pachner in Der Boden unter den Füßen (2019)
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A high-powered business consultant struggles to keep her professional and personal lives from colliding after her schizophrenic sister attempts suicide.A high-powered business consultant struggles to keep her professional and personal lives from colliding after her schizophrenic sister attempts suicide.A high-powered business consultant struggles to keep her professional and personal lives from colliding after her schizophrenic sister attempts suicide.

  • Director
    • Marie Kreutzer
  • Writer
    • Marie Kreutzer
  • Stars
    • Valerie Pachner
    • Pia Hierzegger
    • Mavie Hörbiger
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    6.5/10
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    • Director
      • Marie Kreutzer
    • Writer
      • Marie Kreutzer
    • Stars
      • Valerie Pachner
      • Pia Hierzegger
      • Mavie Hörbiger
    • 16User reviews
    • 45Critic reviews
    • 83Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 20 nominations total

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    Valerie Pachner
    Valerie Pachner
    • Lola Wegenstein
    Pia Hierzegger
    • Conny Wegenstein
    Mavie Hörbiger
    Mavie Hörbiger
    • Elise
    Michelle Barthel
    Michelle Barthel
    • Birgit
    Marc Benjamin
    Marc Benjamin
    • Sebastian Selikowski
    Dominic Marcus Singer
    Dominic Marcus Singer
    • Jürgen
    Meo Wulf
    • Clemens
    Axel Sichrovsky
    • Herr Bacher
    Bernd Birkhahn
    • Herr Degenhardt
    Axel Wandtke
    • Herr Giese
    Martina Eitner-Acheampong
    Martina Eitner-Acheampong
    • Frau Lubitz
    Susann Uplegger
    • Frau Tanninger
    Lilly Marie Tschörtner
    • Frau Rennecke
    Florian Reiners
    • Bankvertreter
    Regina Fritsch
    Regina Fritsch
    • Dr. Lederer (Connys Ärztin)
    David Oberkogler
    • Dr. Hofegger (Arzt auf Intensivstation)
    Markus Zett
    • Dr. Wallner (Psychiater im AKH)
    Grazyna Dylag
    Grazyna Dylag
    • Dr. Vogelsang (Psychiaterin in Rostock)
    • Director
      • Marie Kreutzer
    • Writer
      • Marie Kreutzer
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    8paulbpage

    Brilliant Psychological Study

    This is a gripping, tough movie about the bond between two sisters, focused on the the younger of the two, a hard working business consultant, and how the reality around her erodes as her older sister is treated for mental illness. Valerie Pachner's performance is restrained and subtle. The cinematography is superb, bringing your the cold surfaces of chrome-blue hallways and white institutional walls that contrast with the turmoil that grows within the main character's increasingly tortured psyche. A beautiful, rich film.
    8kein_Kenner

    Liked it a lot

    This is a story about a talented, ambitious, and highly defended young woman struggling with her humanity and struggling with whether to let others breach her walls. As those walls begin to crumble, so does she.

    Let's dispense with the absurd notion that this is a "lesbian" film. Sure, Lola is in a same-sex relationship. But that no more makes this a lesbian film than her being in a business consulting job makes it a business consulting film. There's no indication whether she identifies as lesbian, or bi, or whatever. It doesn't matter. This is a film about being a human being.

    I was pleased to see that Valerie Pachner won the German best actress award for this film. She was terrific.

    As a viewer, I was left with the same uncertainty about what was really going on that Lola experienced. This diminished only a little on the second watching. I thought that was kind of cool.

    Disclaimer: my opinions are backed up by zero expertise in Film as an art form, and far less than the average layperson's knowledge of movies in general.
    8Red-125

    Even the world of high finance gets personal

    The German film Der Boden unter den Füssen was shown in the U.S. with the translated title The Ground Beneath My Feet (2019). The movie was written and directed by Marie Kreutzer.

    Valerie Pachner plays Lola Wegenstein, a successful businesswoman. Her boss is Elise, portrayed by Mavie Hörbiger. Elise is also Lola's lover.

    Pia Hierzegger plays Conny Wegenstein, Lola's sister, who has schizophrenia. Matters reach a crisis when Lola is at the final stages of an important business deal, and Conny makes what may have been a suicide attempt.

    The world of high finance is unknown to me. Others will have to tell you how well it's portrayed in the movie. It looks horrible. For example, in her sleep, Lola is talking about "48's." We learn that this means going two days without sleep to work on business.

    Although this film contains lesbian lovers, it's really not a lesbian film. In my opinion, it's about a high-level business executive and her sister who suffers from mental illness. The fact that Lola is in a lesbian relationship is important, but not central, to the plot.

    All three lead actors are excellent, but I'll single out Pia Hierzegger, as Lola's sister, for special praise. It's a difficult, demanding role, and Hierzegger manages it to perfection.

    We saw this film at The Little Theatre, as part of Rochester's wonderful ImageOut Festival. If you can't find it at a festival, it will work on the small screen.

    This movie has a terrible IMDb rating of 6.3. I think that it's much better than that, and I feel comfortable recommending it.
    6m-roozgar

    A weak copy of "Toni Erdman"

    The film was trying to criticize the stressful worklife in Germany, same theme as Toni Erdman" movie. I have it 7, because the film is still watchable.
    9Weirdling_Wolf

    A meticulously wrought thriller with the additional ballast of an emotionally edifying drama.

    Gifted Austrian Writer/director Marie Kreutzer's coolly austere, immaculately shot 'The Ground Beneath my Feet' aka 'Der Boden unter den Füssen' is a starkly realised, earnestly acted, psychologically dense drama about single-minded, high-flying young business executive Lola Wegenstein (Valarie Pachner), and her older, mentally ill sister Conny (Pia Hierziger), long estranged from one another, Conny's attempted overdose of medication somewhat cruelly reunites them both, and the focused, work-orientated Lola soon becomes profoundly unsettled by her disturbed sibling's continued frantic, inchoate ranting, and as Conny is being treated in a psychiatric unit far from Lola's place of work, the once implacable Lola experiences increasing pressures balancing a demanding, high-pressure job, a passionate relationship with the strikingly beautiful Elise (Mavie Hörbiger), her boss, and weighty concerns for Conny's welfare begins to compound Lola's ever more precarious grip on reality. Director Kreutzer's handsome-looking, richly fascinating film has all the immersive intrigue of a meticulously wrought thriller with the additional ballast of an emotionally edifying drama, the performances are uniformly excellent, with especially forceful work from powerhouse Valarie Pachner, the refined photography is sublime, the frequently muted, glacial colour palate adding an oppressively grim verisimilitude to Lola's unhappy descent in her own rapidly debilitating depression, wherein work, love, and familial bonds start to deleteriously unravel into cognitive chaos. While 'The Ground Beneath my Feet' has an aesthetically cool veneer, it is far a from remote experience, being a nuanced, emotionally intelligent drama that deals explicitly with the devastating effects of mental illness in a bold, and wholly sympathetic manner.

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      The hotel gym that Lola frequents every morning has a mantra on its entrance: "Fitter. Happier. More productive." This is the opening line to the Radiohead song "Fitter Happier."
    • Soundtracks
      Water Music - Allegro moderato
      Music by George Frideric Handel (as Georg Friedrich Händel)

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    • Release date
      • March 22, 2019 (Austria)
    • Country of origin
      • Austria
    • Languages
      • German
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Ground Beneath My Feet
    • Production company
      • Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion GmbH
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $29,251
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $3,295
      • Jul 28, 2019
    • Gross worldwide
      • $29,251
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
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    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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