Ich muss dir was sagen

2006  — 
 completed

I Want to Tell You Something

A 2006, 65 min, DigiBeta
Mischief Films

Twins Oskar and Leo are lively brothers and four years old. The important difference between them is that Oskar was born deaf. I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING accompanies their family for an extended period of time for a touching portrait of the daily challenges presented by a life expressed through sign language. During shooting Martin Nguyen developed a close personal relationship with the family, which laid the groundwork for an intimate and emotional look at the theme of deafness.

DirectorMartin Nguyen
ScriptMartin Nguyen
CameraMartin Nguyen
SoundNils Kirchhoff, Elisabeth Tarinkulu, Wolfgang Mohaupt

EditorRosana Saavedra Santis
ProducerGeorg Misch, Ralph Wieser
Production managementPeter Janecek
In Cooperation withORF Film/Fernsehabkommen
Additional cameraTimTom
Sound editingNils Kirchhoff
Supported byBKA - Federal Chancellary, Vienna Culture, BMUKK - Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture
World SalesAutlook Filmsales
LanguagesGerman, Sign Language
SubtitlesGerman,German for Hearing Impaired, English

Press Reviews

The engaging aspect of Nguyen’s film is that its chooses a point of view that neither relativizes the situation nor problematizes it, always remaining at eye level with its protagonist while maintaining a respectful distance, in spite of the great intimacy.
Der Standard

Synopsis

Four-year-old twins Oskar and Leo are growing up in a house with a rambling yard which is situated on the edge of Vienna. The film begins in this familiar, familial environment where the children and their parents live, and where the filmmaker starts accompanying his protagonists for over a year. The result is a document of what and how Oskar and Leo learn and discover.

Director Martin Nguyen can sign, which made communication with the children without third parties possible. This direct contact and fluent exchange is tangible and an important element in the film, which also encouraged establishment of a close relationship with the children and both parents.

The film also looks at what deafness has meant to the hearing parents, Sandra and Stefan. A cochlear implant, which could make Oskar hear, had been discussed since he was born. They finally decide to learn sign language themselves and raise their children with this mode of communication, which is still foreign to them. Leo will grow up bilingual, with sign language and spoken language. For Oskar, sign language represents an essential means of expression – his first language.



Presskit

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