Second Thoughts – First

GERMAN TITLE:
Mein Wenn und Aber

COMPLETION:
January 2021

WORD PREMIERE:
May 07, 2022 | DOK.fest | Music (Germany)

LENGTH:
93 minutes

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE:
German, English, Bengali

VERSIONS:
OmU Deutsch, OwS English

DISTRIBUTOR:
Austria: polyfilm

with
Catalina M. & Paul-Julien R.
Rukhsana & Shaheen D.-R.
Wolfram H. & Eva L.
Etty & Heinz D.
Marlene N., Marko D. & Elsa

writer, director & camera: Marko Doringer
assistant director: Stefan Pircher Verdorfer
script consultant: Andres Veiel
second camera: Joerg Burger
sound: Tong Zhang a.o.
editing: Daniel Flax, Marko Doringer

music: Elsa Tootsie & the Mini Band,
.            Les Hommes Sauvages
sound design: Veronika Hlawatsch
score mix: Nico Berthold
studio for score mix: Victoria Studios
re-recording mix: Bernhard Maisch
studio re-recording mix: Tremens

color grading: Klaus Pamminger
title design: Mieke Ulfig
social media: Mirela Jasic
website: Gerhard Roider | roider.at

commissioning editor: Susanne Spellitz | ORF
producer: Marko Doringer | Filmfabrik

“Strikes the chord of a generation.”
CHRISTIAN SCHACHINGER/ DER STANDARD

“Deals with the big and little questions of life that could not be more universal!”
ALINA SCHALLER/ FM4 MORNING SHOW

“An unsparing look at the reality between self-realization and obligations.”
MADELEINE GEOSITS/ ZIB/ ORF

“Surprisingly intimate and refreshingly entertaining.”
ALEXANDRA SEIBEL/ KURIER

“Simply riveting!”
MARGRET KÖHLER/ AZ MÜNCHEN

“With wit, wistfulness and touching openness.”
JULIA BASCHIERA/ Ö1 MORGENJOURNAL

“Unaffected, pure, spontaneous and so close.”
CHRISTINA SONNTAG/ SALZBURG HEUTE/ ORF

“Highly recommended!”
SABINA ZEITHAMMER/ FALTER

• OTHER REVIEWS

  “Questions posed by life.”
  TIROLER TAGESZEITUNG

  “A film about the big questions: parenthood, work and happiness.”
  HERBERT SCHORN/ OÖN

  “A declaration of love!”
  VIENNA.AT

  “With typical Austrian wit.”
  KATJA KRAFT/ MÜNCHNER MERKUR

  “A generation of men on the therapeutic couch.”
  JULIA SCHAFFERHOFER/ KLEINE ZEITUNG

  “Do it better – the disarming moral of this film.”
  MAGDALENA MIEDL/ SALZBURGER NACHRICHTEN

  “A film from a man’s point of view that attempts to understand women, listen to them and empathize with them.”
  MATTHIAS GREULING/ WIENER ZEITUNG

  “A struggle for a new masculinity involving turning away from fathers, a masculinity that comes across as more humane and gentler (…).”
  SUSANNE JÄGER/ RAY Filmmagazin

  “A film making us participate in life’s changes and challenges.”
  MARLENE NOWOTNY/ PUNKT EINS/ Ö1

  “Work, love and other minor things: (a film) about growing old and the meaning of life.”
  GERHARD SUMMER/ SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG

  “Recommended! Radically subjective, tragicomical and occasionally with painful openness.”
  SABINA ZEITHAMMER/ FALTER

  “A film between uninhibited self-doubt and a brilliantly focussed look at his generation.”
  REINHARD KRIECHBAUM/ DREHPUNKT KULTUR

  “The eagerly awaited third part of Marko Doringer’s film diary, which also takes a closer look at the big questions and the emotional make-up of an entire generation.”
  FLORIAN WIDEGGER/ FILMARCHIV

“A highly entertaining film!!”
THOMAS

“Outstanding! A stroke of genius.”
CINEMA HALL REACTIONS

“Better than Woody Allen!”
ANJA

“Thanks so much for this moving and great film that at many points stirred me to reflect – while always remaining entertaining.”
KAY

“I enjoyed myself from the first to last minute. I think you have a remarkable way of arriving at a deep level of dialogue with your protagonists (…), and in a humorous way.”
DANIEL

“SECOND THOUGHTS – FIRST is tops!”
ANNA

“Authentic, relatable – and despite partly difficult situations always with a positive vibe.”
ANGELIKA

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