Berlin Alexanderplatz, Burhan Qurbani, 2020, 183’, VOSTFR/NL
In the presence of the director
Acclaimed at the Berlinale, based on Alfred Döblin's classic novel "Berlin Alexanderplatz". It dominated its competitors with eleven nominations for the German Film Prize 2020. (...) Burhan Qurbani is now one of Germany's most interesting young directors.
An adaptation of Doblin’s text to 2015 Berlin to tell the story of 30-year-old refugee Francis, the sole survivor of a boat which crossed the Mediterranean illegally. Without citizenship papers, Francis is drawn into the underbelly of the city.
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