Die Farbe des Ozeans
Color of the Oceans
Canary Island cop José has become callous and cynical. As a border patrolman, he has to decide the fate of hundreds of African boat people that wash ashore on the Spanish island paradise. When German tourist Nathalie witnesses the arrival of a boatload of refugees and starts helping out on the spot, the lives of José, Nathalie and Congolese Zola, one of the few survivors with his son Mamadou, become
fatefully intertwined. Over the objections of her husband Paul, Nathalie helps Zola try to escape from internment camp. But instead of freedom, he finds himself at the hands of criminal smugglers. When José blames himself for the death of his drug-addicted sister Marielle on New Year’s Eve, and Nathalie gets ever more deeply involved in Zola’s fate, José is forced to rethink his attitude. It’s up to him to decide. But to free someone, you may have to free yourself first. "Color of the ocean" is a gripping and moving story about humanity and responsibility with the essential focus of the human dilemma of when to get involved or not.
Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Cast
- Nathalie
- Paul
- Zola
- Mamadou
- José
- Carla
- Marielle
- Said
- Monama
- Vida
Production company
Producer
Alle Credits
Director
Assistant director
Screenplay
Co-author
Translation
Director of photography
Production design
Art director
Property master
Stand-by props
Make-up artist
Costume design
Editing
Audio mixing
Casting
Cast
- Nathalie
- Paul
- Zola
- Mamadou
- José
- Carla
- Marielle
- Said
- Monama
- Vida
- Manu
- Fele
- Juan
- Raul
- Gerome
- Sofia
Production company
in co-production with
in association with
Producer
Co-Producer
Producer (TV)
Line producer
Original distributor
Shoot
- 07.06.2010 - 20.07.2010: Alicante, Gran Canaria
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 22.02.2012, 131292, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Aufführung (DE): Juni 2011, München, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 17.05.2012
Titles
- Originaltitel (DE) Die Farbe des Ozeans
- Weiterer Titel Color of the Ocean
- Weiterer Titel Colour of the Ocean
Versions
Original
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 22.02.2012, 131292, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Aufführung (DE): Juni 2011, München, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 17.05.2012
Awards
- Prädikat: besonders wertvoll
- VGF-Nachwuchsproduzentenpreis
- Förderpreis Deutscher Film (ex aequo >Bastard<), Bestes Szenebild
- Bernhard Wicki Filmpreis