Nico, 1988
Im Alter von fast fünfzig Jahren lebt die Sängerin Christa Päffgen, besser bekannt als Nico, ein recht unauffälliges Leben in Manchester. Die glamourösen sechziger Jahre, in denen sie als Warhol-Superstar und Velvet-Underground-Sängerin berühmt war, wirken weit weg. Nur dank ihres Managers Richard bekommt sie wieder den Antrieb, doch noch eine Tour durch Europa zu wagen. Aber sie hat Dämonen, mit denen sie ringt – und sie möchte wieder eine Beziehung zu ihrem Sohn anknüpfen, für den sie das Sorgerecht vor vielen Jahren verloren hat. Nicos Geschichte ist die einer Wiedergeburt, als Künstlerin wie auch als Frau hinter der Ikone.
Trine Dyrholm, a singer in her own right, injects the aging songstress with real pain and passion, banging the piano in dark glasses like Stevie Wonder and raucously singing under the influence of smack mainlined into her bruised ankle. Set against her towering personality, the supporting characters fizzle in failed subplots involving brief love affairs among members of the band. Even her unruffled manager, played in a tacky checked jacket by Glasgow actor and singer John Gordon Sinclair (World War Z), pales beside this one-woman show and walking disaster. (Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter)
Director's Biography
Susanna Nicchiarelli
Born in Rome in 1975, she graduated in filmmaking from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome in 2004. Having begun her career working with Nanni Moretti, and has written and directed many short films and documentaries, and two feature-length films: “Cosmonaut” (2009), winner of the Controcampo award at the Venice Film Festival, and “Discovery at Dawn” (2013), presented at the Rome Film Festival.
Film Selection: Nico, 1988 (2017) — La scoperta dell’alba (Discovery at Dawn, 2013) — Cosmonauta (Cosmonaut, 2009)
Born in Rome in 1975, she graduated in filmmaking from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome in 2004. Having begun her career working with Nanni Moretti, and has written and directed many short films and documentaries, and two feature-length films: “Cosmonaut” (2009), winner of the Controcampo award at the Venice Film Festival, and “Discovery at Dawn” (2013), presented at the Rome Film Festival.
Film Selection: Nico, 1988 (2017) — La scoperta dell’alba (Discovery at Dawn, 2013) — Cosmonauta (Cosmonaut, 2009)
European Panorama Fiction 2018
Susanna Nicchiarelli
Italien / Belgien 2017
color
93 Minuten
Englisch / Deutsch / Tschechisch OmeU
Drehbuch Susanna Nicchiarelli
Kamera Crystel Fournier
Schnitt Stefano Cravero
Ton/Sounddesign Adriano Di Lorenzo, Marc Bastien, Franco Piscopo
Musik Gatto Ciliegia contro il Grande Freddo
Mit Trine Dyrholm, John Gordon Sinclair, Anamaria Marinca, Sandor Funtek, Thomas Trabacchi, Karina Fernandez
Produzent*innen Marta Donzelli, Gregorio Paonessa, Joseph Rouschop, Valérie Boumonville
Produktion
Vivo Film, RAI Cinema, Tarantula
Österreichpremiere
Rechte Österreich / Austrian RightsFilmladen
Weltpremiere / World Premiere
Venice International Film Festival 2017
Premierenstatus / Premiere Status
Austrian Premiere