At first, he was driven by his anger over the handling of the NSU murders, says director Fatih Akin of his film IN THE FADE. But then his writing shifted towards a family portrait: How does a mother feel whose husband and son are killed in a neo-Nazi bombing?Fatih Akin’s film had its world premiere at the Cannes film festival. Germany’s contribution to the competition centres on neo-Nazi attacks and parallels in the real NSU trial. The main character is a German woman whose husband is Kurdish. He and their young son are killed in a bombing committed by neo-Nazis.
"When they discovered who really killed those ten people and who was responsible for the bomb attacks, I was very angry. It made me angry that society, the press, the police thought it must have been their own fault. Continue reading "#TIFF17: Fatih Akin - "They killed those..." »
