Copilot

Director: Anne Zohra Berrached
2021, Colour, 119 minutes

The romantic love story of Asli and Saeed becomes a nightmare that changes world politics: the prologue to the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, as seen from the perspective of the wife of one of the hijackers. A film about truth and faith, trust and repression.

Anne Zohra Berrached was born in Erfurt (then part of the German Democratic Republic) on July 31 1982. She studied social pedagogy and subsequently worked for two years as a drama teacher in Londo In addition to her work as a filmmaker, Anne Zohra Berrached has given directing workshops for the Goethe-Institut Cairo, at the Festival International de Cine de Guadalajara in Mexico, and in Germany at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, among others. She lives and works in Leipzig and Berlin.


For age group 18 years and above.

Friday Films are the monthly screenings of German films at the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata. One film is screened every third Friday of the Month from 6.30 pm. All films are in German language with English subtitles.