2023-11-30 17:06:47
Culture Brigitte Hobmeier
“Can we actually be ‘good’ today?”
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Brigitte Hobmeier in “Snow”
Source: BR/NDR/ORF/Primary Pictures/Vienna/X-Filme Production GmbH/Berlin/Martin Rattini/Oliver Oppitz/Montage: BR
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Brigitte Hobmeier plays the main role in the ARD six-part series “Schnee”. Because of climate change, a glacier releases a corpse, a ghost perishes and a dark legend comes to life. “Schnee” is the rare case of a German mystery series. And very current. Brigitte Hobmeier explains why in an interview.
Brigitte Hobmeier chose one of the most beautiful places in Munich for the interview: the inner courtyard of the Glyptothek on Königsplatz. But it’s raining and craftsmen are hammering loudly on a wooden platform. The actress’s disappointment about this is only briefly noticeable, after all, adverse circumstances should not distract from the reason for the meeting: her leading role in the six-part mystery series “Schnee”, which ARTE will broadcast in November. We retreat into the interior of the antiques collection and talk about filming on the edge and the limits of rationality.
WELT: In the “Snow” series, in addition to real problems such as climate change, a lot of scary events play a major role. What are these mystery elements used for?
Brigitte Hobmeier: The longing for myths is deep within us. If you look at human history, mysteries have often served to explain the inexplicable. We are currently living in a complex and confusing world again. There is a lot of fear. The mystery genre allows for a greater range of topics to be addressed.
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WELT: So it’s about making mental states visible?
Hobmeier: There’s this book by David Lynch, Catching the Big Fish. In it he explains that you have to dive deep into the mysteries to discover the big fish. That was also our goal: to tell what lies behind what is visible.
WELT: They filmed in the Dolomites, sometimes at an altitude of 3,000 meters. How do such extremes affect your playing?
Hobmeier: It was very challenging, my hands were constantly frozen bright red and I wore wetsuits under my clothes. In one scene I was caught in an avalanche and was buried in the snow. Feeling this weight on me was an existential experience. But I loved spending myself so much. I draw strength from that.
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WELT: The series presents a dilemma: parts of a glacier have to be blown up in order to build a gondola that will ensure the survival of the nearby village. At the same time, the snow is staying away due to man-made climate change. Is there a way out?
Hobmeier: That is the difficulty we live in today. Can we even be “good”? Or are we making our ecological footprint worse with every action? I have relatives in Austria who confirm what the villagers say in the series: How will we live if tourists stop coming?
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WELT: You play a doctor who moves with her family from Vienna to Rotten, her husband’s home village in the film. What kind of woman is she?
Hobmeier: As a doctor, Lucia is a rational person, not an esoteric hippie dancer. For them the solution is clear: one plus one equals two. But in Rotten this equation suddenly no longer works.
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WELT: Lucia’s husband Mathi, played by Robert Stadlober, prefers to close his eyes to the truth. Is this a good strategy?
Hobmeier: There are people like that, but neither me nor my character are like that. To be fair, we should put ourselves in his shoes for a moment. He finds it difficult to understand why his wife suddenly takes everything so seriously. He thinks she could relax a bit.
WELT: At first the two seem very close to each other. But it doesn’t stay that way for long. What drives them apart?
Hobmeier: It touches me how quickly the love of two people can be destroyed by the constant drip of resentment. Mathi has lived a lot of life in Rotten. There’s his ex-girlfriend. There is his father, the biggest hotel owner in town. And then a body is found that was missing for 40 years. As an outsider, Lucia stumbles into a system of coterie and secrecy – which has explosive power. She will emerge from this a different person.
This text also appears in the Arte magazine for the month of November. “Schnee” is playing in the Arte and ARD media libraries.
The arte magazine from November
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