Vincent Wants to Sea

Vincent Wants to Sea (2010)

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Vincent, a young man who suffers from Tourette's syndrome, has just lost his mother. His father, a successful politician, does not want to take care of him and therefore places him into a mental institution. He is put into a room with Alexander, a guy with a compulsive disorder, and is shown around by Marie, an anorectic girl.

Date of release
2010-04-21
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (132)
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
Drama
Director
Ralf Huettner

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Austria and Bavaria

Vincent Wants to Sea is a 2010 German drama film directed by Ralf Huettner. An American remake called The Road Within was released in 2014.

Production

Vincent Wants to Sea is based on the screenplay written by lead actor Florian David Fitz. Fitz first witnessed a teacher afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome while studying drama at the Boston Conservatory. Fitz came up with the idea of this film after seeing a TV report covering a man with Tourette's syndrome, Christian Hempel. Fitz says that he was impressed by the positive attitude Hempel displayed towards his illness.

Vincent Wants to Sea was created during Fitz's time at the Munich screenplay workshop, which he applied to in 2008 in hopes of writing something that he might be able to star in. Viola Jäger and Harald Kügler from Olga-Film in Munich were recruited to produce the comedy. The two suggested Ralf Huettner to be the director. Ralf Huettner initially had to cancel due to other projects, which soon fell apart due to disagreements.

It was not an immediate thought for the screenplay writer, Fitz, to also play the lead role as he had never done something like this before. The director, producer and Fitz quickly agreed he would be a good fit. Karoline Herfurth was asked to play the lead female role, who has anorexia.

Filming for this production took place from July 28, 2009, through September 15, 2009. It took place in multiple areas starting in Munich, Berchtesgaden and in the Allgäu, including the municipality of Oberstdorf. In Mangfalltal, scenes were shot in districts of Bruckmühl. Filming continued in Italy in the regions of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Monfalcone and Trieste.

Director Ralf Huettner made changes to the script of Vincent Wants to Sea both during shooting as well as post-production.

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