The Have-Nots
Die Habenichtse
Directed by
Germany
2016
100 min
- English
- German
Drama
The thin line between happiness and disaster: Jakob cancels a business trip to New York City because he finds out his ex-girlfriend is coming to a party in Berlin on that day: 9/11/2001. His friend Hans goes to the US instead. Things heat up between Jakob and Isabelle again, but Jakob blames himself when Hans dies in the terrorist attack on the WTC. Adaptation of Katharina Hacker’s novel, which won the German Book Award 2006.
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Credits
- Cast
- Julia Jentsch
- Sebastian Zimmler
- Guy Burnet
- Ole Lagerpusch
- Bibiana Beglau
- Aljoscha Stadelmann
- Ronald Pickup Gina Bellmann
- Raffiella Chapman
- Catherine Walker
- Brigitte Zeh
- Screenplay
- Mona Kino
- Cinematography
- Robert Binnall
- Editing
- Kathrin Dietzel
- Music
- Adrian Corker
- Production
- UNAFILM
Press
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Deserves praise for revealing an often transparent truth: that the ties that bind us to each other are irrevocably influenced by events over which we have no control.
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The always impressive Julia Jentsch is at her forceful best in a role which sees her slowly coming to the boil.
Florian Hoffmeister
Germany
When you create an atmospheric piece, you still have to have a little drum beat that keeps on clicking, so that the audience stays with you.
Florian Hoffmeister studied directing and cinematography at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb). His directorial debut 3 DEGREES COLDER won the Silver Leopard for Best First Feature in the International Filmfestival of Locarno in 2005. He continued with a successful international career as Director of Photography, collaborating with directors such as Antonia Bird and Terence Davies. His camerawork was awarded with BAFTA, EMMY and the prestigious ASC Award, given out by the American Society of Cinematographers. THE HAVE-NOTS, an adaption of Katharina Hacker’s 2006 German Book Prize- winning novel, is his second film as a director.