German filmmaker Fatih Akin returns to the Cannes competition lineup with “In the Fade,” above, a contemporary drama about a woman who takes revenge after her husband and son are murdered by the neo-Nazi group National Socialist Underground (Nsu).
Q: Is the Nsu still active in Germany?
A: We have this very strange case, a scandal right now, involving neo-Nazis and right-wing extreme right groups in the German army. German soldiers, whose political background is extreme right, created fictional personalities. Pretending to be Syrian refugees, they were planning bomb attacks, in order to blame the refugees as terrorists, so the state wouldn’t let refugees in anymore. That was their aim. These things are happening right now, this week.
Q: In what ways is this a personal film for you?
A: I am somehow “the other” in this country with my background. I have black hair, my parents are from Turkey.
Q: Is the Nsu still active in Germany?
A: We have this very strange case, a scandal right now, involving neo-Nazis and right-wing extreme right groups in the German army. German soldiers, whose political background is extreme right, created fictional personalities. Pretending to be Syrian refugees, they were planning bomb attacks, in order to blame the refugees as terrorists, so the state wouldn’t let refugees in anymore. That was their aim. These things are happening right now, this week.
Q: In what ways is this a personal film for you?
A: I am somehow “the other” in this country with my background. I have black hair, my parents are from Turkey.
- 5/23/2017
- by Alissa Simon
- Variety - Film News
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