SYNOPSIS
Out of nowhere, Katja’s life falls apart when her husband Nuri and little son Rocco are killed in a bomb attack. Her friends and family try to give her the support she needs, and Katja somehow manages to make it through the funeral. But the mind-numbing search for the perpetrators and reasons behind the senseless killing complicate Katja‘s painful mourning, opening wounds and doubts. Danilo, a lawyer and Nuri’s best friend, represents Katja in the eventual trial against the two suspects: a young couple from the neo-Nazi scene. The trial pushes Katja to the edge, but there’s simply no alternative for her: she wants justice.
CAST & CREW
Fatih Akin
Director
Producer(s)
Nurhan Şekerci-Porst, Fatih Akin, Herman Weigel
Script
Fatih Akin, Hark Bohm
Director of Photography
Rainer Klausmann
Production designer
Tamo Kunz
Music by
Joshua Homme
Sound
Kai Lüde, Kai Storck, Richard Borowski
Edit
Andrew Bird
Cast
Diane Kruger, Denis Moschitto, Johannes Krisch, Samia Chancrin, Numan Acar, Ulrich Tukur, Rafael Santana
Production company(ies)
Bombero International, Macassar Productions, Pathé Production
Fatih Akin
Fatih Akin was born in Hamburg, Germany, the son of Turkish immigrants. He studied at the University of Fine Arts. After making two short films, he achieved his breakthrough in 1998 with his debut feature Short Sharp Shock. It was followed by the road movie In July with Moritz Bleibtreu and Christiane Paul, as well as the documentary I Think about Germany: We Forgot to Go Back about his parents’ immigration story. His 2002 feature Solino tells the story of an Italian immigrant family in Germany. His international breakthrough came with Head-On winner of the Golden Bear, as well as the German and European Film Award. He documented the diversity of the Istanbul music scene in Crossing the Bridge - The Sound of Istanbul. His 2007 feature The Edge of Heaven won the Best Screenplay prize at Cannes. In his comedy Soul Kitchen, he created a monument to his hometown and won the Special Jury Prize in Venice. For his documentary Polluting Paradise, Akin followed the environmental damage in the Turkish village of his ancestors for many years. His 2014 feature The Cut premiered at the Venice IFF.
Filmography
Sensin…You’re the One! (1995, short), Weed (1996. short), Short Sharp Shock (1998), In July (2000), I Think about Germany: We Forgot to Go Back (2000), Solino (2002), Head-On (2004), Visions of Europe (segment The Evil Old Songs, 2004), Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (2005), The Edge of Heaven (2007), New York, I Love You (segment, 2009), Germany 09: 13 Short Films about the State of the Nation (segment Being Murat Kurnaz, 2008), Soul Kitchen (2009), Polluting Paradise (2012, doc.), The Cut (2014), Tschick/Goodbye Berlin (2016), In the Fade (2017).
