/I Feel Like Disco (2013).jpg)
I Feel Like Disco
- Director: Axel Ranisch
- Writer: Axel Ranisch; Sönke Andresen
- Producer: Katharina Dufner; Anne Even
CGiii Comment
Given the title and the packaging...it's really not what you'd expect...
Life is not always fries and disco...
A blundering, well-intentioned father has to deal with what life throws at him...his son has to deal with his burgeoning sexuality...amid tragedy.
It's a lovely little film that screams out for a bigger budget, a little more thought and, perhaps, extra material...the potential was there...the footage was shot...some of it is in the end credits!
The eccentricity is ripe and rewarding - there's only one way to get your haircut in this household...naked and vacuumed...
The weaknesses: The spin-the-bottle scene is weak, scrappy and unnecessary. The soundtrack is a bit of a worry...yes, the cheesy pop-songs work, the classical piano doesn't. The direction needs a little more finesse...but, there's enough quirkiness to compensate for some awkward moments. A more concrete resolution...the story really does cry out for it.
The strengths: Frithjof Gawenda, what a charming young actor.
All in all...a fine little film...you will laugh and cry...and laugh.
Quite, quite lovely - despite the flaws.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Florian is a chubby day-dreamer, he is not interested in sports or girls and loves pop-music. He feels happiest in a glittery disco-suit, lip-synching to schlager-music, dancing thorough the flat. He is his mother’s darling and his father’s nightmare. But all of a sudden, mother isn’t there anymore to keep the two at a safe distance and they have to learn how to talk to each other and to get along.
Cast & Characters
Frithjof Gawenda as Florian Herbst;
Heiko Pinkowski as Hanno Herbst;
Christina Grosse as Monika Herbst;
Robert Alexander Baer as Radu;
Christian Steiffen as Himself;
Talisa Lilly Lemke as Nele Forster;
Petra Hartung as Cheftrainerin Heike Forster;
Rosa von Praunheim as Himself;
Karim Cherif as Partisanenkampfer;
Guido Schikore as UN-Blauhelm-Soldat