Presented with Cinema Space
Director: Fatih Akin
Germany, 2016/17
106 min.
With Diane Kruger, Denis Moschito, Numan Acar, Rafael Santana, Samia Chancrin, Ulrich Tukur
Katja Şekerci's husband and their small son, Rocco, are killed in a bomb attack. Katja enters a severe crisis, especially since the police ignore the attack's extremist rightwing background much too long. When the perpetrators are nevertheless finally brought to trial, Katja has to suffer yet another painful experience – they are acquitted due to a lack of evidence. Now, the young woman wants to take justice in her own hands.
In the credits, Fatih Akin refers directly to the topical events behind his film, to the rightwing NSU terrorist cell that focused on murdering only citizens in Germany with an emigration background, and to the trial of the accused Beate Zschäpe. The parallels to the real-life events are obvious, but “In the Fade” maintains a safe degree of distance so as to remain legally unassailable. The finale is just as fictitious as the time of the film's murders, 2016.
Awards
“In the Fade” has been awarded, among others, a Golden Globe Award, the German Critics Award, and the German “Golden Camera”. It was shortlisted for the Oscars.
The son of Turkish immigrants,
Fatih Akin was born in 1973 in Hamburg. He studied Visual Communications at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts. He was still a student when he wrote the screenplay to „Short Sharp Shock“ and began working regular, temporary jobs for the company, Wüste Filmproduktion. Already as a teenager, his goal was to become a film director. He is occasionally also found in front of the camera.
Official website of “In the Fade”
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