Réalisation:
Piotr J. LewandowskiScénario:
Piotr J. LewandowskiPhotographie:
Jeremy RouseMusique:
Leonardo MockridgeActeurs·trices:
Jannis Niewöhner, André Hennicke, Julia Koschitz, Thomas Sarbacher, Barbara Auer, Max Mauff, Leon Seidel, Carsten Strauch, Ella-Maria Gollmer (plus)Résumés(1)
Jonathan is 23; he and his aunt, Martha, work on their farm. Jonathan also devotes himself to looking after his father Burghardt, who has cancer. But, railing against his own decrepitude that prevents him from a dignified end, his father stubbornly sabotages all of his son's efforts. Jonathan finds it increasingly difficult to cope until they hire a young carer, Anka, to help. Jonathan and Anka fall in love; her experience of working at a hospice helps Jonathan to gain a new inroad into his father's situation. When Burghardt's long-lost boyhood friend Ron appears on the scene his health visibly improves and, although the family sees Ron as an intruder and is against it, Ron continues to stay on to be with Burghardt. Jonathan discovers that, many years ago, his father and Ron were deeply in love. All at once, the façade of cherished family beliefs crumbles and long-repressed secrets come to light – but Jonathan also learns how to let go of his father and to accept his death as something that will open up the path towards a self-determined life. (Berlinale)
(plus)Critiques (1)
Jonathan is as much a story about the relationship between a dying father and his son as it is about forgiveness and love. Although it deals with a strong theme, I felt almost the entire time that it lacked the necessary emotion and depth that you would expect in a film like this. In terms of plot, Jonathan doesn't have much to surprise, but it does offer a great performance by Jannis Niewöhner and some nice locations.
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