Break-Up

Break-Up
Directed by	Alexander Tuschinski
Produced by	Alexander Tuschinski
Written by	Alexander Tuschinski
Starring	Alexander Tuschinski Jennifer Pakosch Sebastian B Philipp Metzler Dominic Rödel Julia Csatary
Music by	Alexander Tuschinski
Cinematography	Matthias Kirste Alexander Tuschinski
Edited by	Alexander Tuschinski
Release dates	September 22, 2014 (2014-09-22) (Oregon Independent Film Fest: Special Preview Edit) February 7, 2015 (2015-02-07) (Berlin Independent Film Festival)
Running time	89 minutes (at 24fps)
Country	Germany
Language	German English

Break-Up is an independent German experimental feature film comedy directed by Alexander Tuschinski. It received awards at international film-festivals^[1] and had its German premiere at Berlin Independent Film Festival 2015.^[2]

Plot

The film is about a satire on modern life and on the nature of power, interweaving many subplots to create an overview of young people's lives today.^[3] It is told in an experimental visual- and editing style.^[4] The film has been called an experimental film.^[5]

There are three groups of people in the film: Followers, bad leaders and individualists. (...) Because those people with the highest self-confidence are often the most convincing, but don't necessarily say the most sensible things.

—Alexander Tuschinski, interview with Baden TV^[6]

Production

The film is considered a No-Budget-Film. The cast consists of 44 mostly first-time actors. After creating Menschenliebe, Alexander Tuschinski wanted to try a new, experimental approach to creating the story following new impulses while filming. Thus, many parts of the film were improvised without a detailed screenplay on the set, having only a rough outline of many scenes before filming. As a part of the experimental filming process, Alexander Tuschinski wrote only the first 15 minutes of the film in a detailed screenplay before filming started.^[7] During filming, Tuschinski often followed spontaneous impulses to create the story.^[8]

Reception

The film is youth times youth. (...) A fantastic film, a joy to watch!

—Hugo Niebeling, Making-Of documentary about Break-Up^[9]

The films of Alexander are a new kind of film, of showing what can come out from the editing. It is good.

—Tinto Brass, Trailer for Break-Up^[10]

Stunning.

—Oregon Independent Film Festival, program guide 2014.^[11]

Awards

Alexander Tuschinski at Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival 2015, receiving awards for "Break-Up".

The film won the following awards:

• Best Foreign Film: American Movie Awards 2014.^[12][13]
• Best Director: Maverick Movie Awards 2014.^[14]
• Best International Film: Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival 2015.^[15]
• Best Editing: Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival 2015.^[16]
• Best Comedy Film - Silver Remi Award: WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival 2014.^[17]
• Best Editing: Oregon Independent Film Festival 2014.^[18]
• Best Foreign Feature: Oregon Independent Film Festival 2014.^[19]
• Gold Award - Foreign Film: California Film Awards 2014.^[20]

Screenings

• In September 2014, Oregon Independent Film Festival screened a special "Director's Preview Edit" of "Break-Up", different from the regular cut of the film, as part of its official festival program in competition in a sold out screening.^[21]

References

External links

• Break-Up at the Internet Movie Database
• Making-Of documentary about "Break-Up". (Video)
• Official Press-Book about "Break-Up", including production notes, manifesto by the director, and other material. (PDF; 3,2 MB)
• Stuttgarter Zeitung: Article about Alexander Tuschinski's film "Timeless", mentioning "Break-Up" winning at American Movie Awards.