Heldin is just over 90 minutes long and Leonie Benesch appears in almost every minute. One could almost think that the actress from the teacher room and Babylon Berlin had merged with the camera, This is how closely the film of her figure Floria follows at work in a hospital. It shows how she heads ampoules with pain relievers and sucks it into syringes; how she introduces ticks on her checklist while having from one to the next patient room; And how she disinfects her hands, methodically, with the same pumping movements on the donor that have been perfected over the years.
All of this is documented in heroine with attention, as if Floria is a magician who performs her masterpiece. Only she does that every day. The film title already indicates: We should exceptionally see the heroine in heroine with such eyes.
Heldin takes up one of the most important topics of our time
Heldin starts in German cinemas at the end of the month and made a stopover at the 75th Berlinale. The The topic of nursing care also moves this festival edition. In the Brazilian future vision The Blue Trail, pensioners are put in warehouse in order to increase the productivity of the youth. Ina Weisse’s panoramic film, Nina Hoss struggles with the growing helplessness of her filmmaking. The Home Sweet Home, also based in the panorama, could be seen smoothly as a Danish counterbalance to heroine. It shows the everyday life of a senior nurse who is almost eaten up by her job.
Take a look at the trailer for heroine:
Heldin – Trailer (German) HD
Heldin’s scope for maneuver already takes off the film from the others: “only” is told a late shift in a Swiss hospital. Floria comes to work, works and drives home. The private life remains hidden in hiding. With enthusiasm and new sneakers, she appears on the ward, gets updates to all patients: inside that she has to visit in the following hours. Let’s go.
The voltage is dressed bit by bit
Heldin does not take place in real time, but thanks to the compressed narrative style, the film will soon feel like this. The story essentially follows the patient: inside that Floria has to “tick off” until the end of the day is repeatedly interrupted. One patient has to go from one floor to the other, otherwise he falls out of the time window for an operation, another has an MRI date, but cannot detach himself from the cell phone. Others still need pain relievers, help with food or simply two minutes with a person who perceives more in them than their diagnosis. Floria juggles medication, thermometers, injections and Switch in a matter of seconds from the admirable organizer to the sensitive comforter.
Floria confidently moves tasks through the confusion of tasks, but the pressure increases with a growing term. The little problems on the side suddenly get out of the head. Bit by bit, heroine develops such a tension that tugs on the nerves. Then you can literally grab the narrow ridge between Floria’s stamina and the impending collapse.
The concept of the film is half the rent for both a captivating drama and as well as awareness of the work of nurses (whether in Switzerland, Germany or elsewhere). Leonie Benesch ensures everything else.
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When Benesch occurs, the chances are good that their characters will be under power and this energy will be transferred to the viewers across the canvas or the television. She succeeded in her tragic supporting role in Babylon Berlin, as an idealistic teacher in the teacher room and most recently as a nervous translator in the factual thriller September 5.
If the script requires a nervous tearing test, a look into her eyes is enough to buy her heroine’s internal effort. Better: With her big, clear eyes, she almost automatically demands the empathy of the viewers – Before you notice it, you will be pulled down into the emotional strudel of your respective figure. Looking away is impossible. Where college: on the inside on ticks or other exalted gestures, Benesch works almost himself like a canvas within the canvas.
How she succeeds can be admired in heroine of director Petra Volpe, who in a few moments extremely intensive and immersive cinema experience Mausert. Sometimes the film even feels like a documentary, so close and lifelike it moves through the hospital. Unfortunately, this effect is reduced towards the end of some revolving bay decisions that miss the film, Floria and its patient: an overly round, clean story inside.
However, when the work speaks for itself – and this happens in the majority of the term – then heroine and especially Leonie Benesch finds a size that does justice to the profession that is too rarely discussed.
Heroine was shown at the Berlinale Special Gala at the Berlinale. The film starts on February 27, 2025 in German cinemas.