Monthly Archives: September 2009
Fatih Akin’s Latest Film “Soul Kitchen”
Reuters: “Fatih Akin’s “Soul Kitchen” offers tasty treat” Zeit Online: “Fatih Akin in seiner Heimatstadt gefeiert” CNN Türk: “Hamburg’un açılışı Fatih Akın’dan”
Refugee Camp in France Closed
Spiegel Article: “Französische Polizei räumt Flüchtlingslager am Ärmelkanal“
“NPD’s Racist Election Campaign Flops”
Spiegel Article : “NPD’s Racist Election Campaign Flops”
Bella Martha (Mostly Martha)
Mostly Martha is a romantic comedy that brings up several issues of today’s society in Germany in a very subtle way. The main character Martha is a master chef in an upscale restaurant, but while she is great in her … Continue reading
Nirgendwo in Afrika (Nowhere in Africa)
DVD In 1937, the non-orthodox Jewish German lawyer Walter Redlich, aware of the growing danger posed by the Nazi movement in Germany and how it would jeopardize the Jews in his country, moves alone to Nairobi, Kenya, to administrate a … Continue reading
Badolato: Hoffen auf ein Wunder (Hasan Stopped at Badolato)
Produced by Mirjam Quinte Not available on DVD or VHS in US or Germany Documentary film about Kurdish refugees in a small Calabrian village. Produced by ZDF /ARTE. Links: IMDB, Filmportal.de Genre(s): Classic Documentary; Theme(s): Migration and Mobility; Keywords: Refugee, … Continue reading
Auf der anderen Seite (The Edge of Heaven)
Produced by Andreas Thiel; with actors Baki Davrak, Patrycia Ziolkowska, Nursel Köse, Hanna Schygulla, Tuncel Kurtiz, Nurguel Yesilcay; available on DVD in Germany and US Review by UC Berkeley undergraduate Ying Ruan: Auf der anderen Seite is a German-Turkish drama directed by … Continue reading
Pieces d’identites (Pieces of Identity)
Produced by Mweze Ngangura With actors Gerard Essomba, Herbert Flack, Jean-Louis Daulne, Dominique Mesa not available on DVD or VHS in US Congolese filmmaker Mweze Ngangura, who made the 1987 La Vie Est Belle with Benoit Lamy, directed this Belgian-French-Congolese … Continue reading
100 pour cent Arabica (100% Arabica)
Produced by Mahmoud Zemmouri With actors Khaled, Cheb Mami, Mouss, Najim Laouariga, Fard Fedjer, Youssef Diawara, Patrice Thibaud, Mohamed Camara available on DVD in the US and France Set in a rent-controlled Paris suburb populated entirely by North Africans, this … Continue reading
J’ai pas sommeil (I Can’t Sleep)
Produced by Bruno Pesery With actors Katerina Golubeva, Richard Courcet, Vincent Dupont, Laurent Grevill, Alex Descas, Irina Grejbina, Tolsty, Line Renaud, Beatrice Dalle available on DVD (US) This French drama uses two plots that occasionally come together. The stories are … Continue reading
Hop
Produced by Thierry De Coster, Michel Houdmont, Dominique Standaert With actors Jan Declein, Antjie de Boeck, Alexandra Vandernot, Kalomba Mbuyi, Ansou Diedhiou, Emile M’Penza available on DVD in the US and Germany A boy gets an early lesson in issues … Continue reading
Apo tin akri tis polis – Am Rande der Stadt (From the Edge of the City)
Produced by Dionysis Samiotis, Anastasios Vasiliou With actors Stathis Papadopoulos, Costas Kotsianidis, Panayiotis Hartomatzidis, Dimitris Papoulidis Available on DVD in the US and Germany A group of young “Pontioi” (Greek Russians from the coast of the Black Sea) descend on … Continue reading
Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages (Code Unknown: Incomplete Tales of Several Journeys)
With actors Juliette Binoche, Thierry Neuvic, Ona Lu Yenke, Sepp Bierbichler, Arsinee Khanjian The lives of a struggling film actress, a Kosovo War photographer, his wayward brother, a Romanian beggar, and an African émigré come crashing together after a fateful … Continue reading
Bye-Bye
With actors Sami Bouajila, Nozha Kouadra, Philippe Ambrosini After a family tragedy, two young French-Arab brothers leave Paris and end up on the door step of their uncle and his family in Marseilles. Once there, the two are pulled apart … Continue reading