In the Fade/Aus dem Nichts, the latest film of the acclaimed director Fatih Akin is a powerful drama inspired by the xenophobe crimes of a neo-Nazi group, awarded in Cannes and at the Golden Globes, will open the seventh edition of the Cinepolitica International Film Festival. The event will take place from April 18 to 22, at the Elvire Popesco Cinema and at the Balassi Institute in Bucharest.
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Based on the xenophobe crimes committed in 2011 by the neo-Nazi National Socialist Underground, the film of the German director who is of Turkish origin, Fatih Akin, makes us the witnesses of Katja`s drama. Katja (Diane Kruger) is a woman who wants justice in the case of the murder of her son and of her Kurdish husband, an ex-drug dealer, in a bomb attack. Diane Kruger received the 2017 Best Actress Award in Cannes; the film also received a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film. Having a memorable soundtrack signed by Josh Homme, the lead singer of the band Queens
Of The Stone Age,
In the Fade was also Germany`s proposal for the Oscars.
The film will be distributed in Romania by Independența Film, starting with April 20.
Another film that is in the Cinepolitica selection this year and which attracted attention thanks to its cast is
The Interpreter/
Tlmocník, a road movie directed by Martin Šulík. The main parts are played by the great Czech filmmaker Jiří Menzel and the charismatic Austrian actor Peter Simonischek (
Toni Erdmann). Moving from comedy to tragedy,
The Interpreter walks us through the profound Slovakia from after the Second Wolrd War, alongside the two men – a Jewish one and the heir of a Nazi officer, both followed
The local productions will not be absent from the Cinepolitica selection.
One Step Behind the Seraphim/Un pas în urma serafimilor,
Daniel Sandu` s feature length debut, which recently won big during the Gopo Awards Gala (8 trophies, including Best Film, Best Director) is a story inspired by the director`s life stpry. The screening will be followed by a debate called
Politics, compromises and constraints in the religious system.
Details:
www.cinepolitica.ro
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