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Fatih Akin's film on Armenian Genocide to premiere at Venice Film Festival
10:22 25.07.2014
Award winning director Fatih Akin's latest film, "The Cut," will
premiere at the 71st Venice International Film Festival that will take
place from Aug. 27 to Sept. 6, the Armenian Weekly reports.
"The Cut" tells the story of an Armenian man, Nazareth Manoogian, who
after surviving the Genocide learns that his twin daughters may be
alive, and goes on a quest to find them. Nazareth's journey takes him
from his village Mardin to the deserts, to Cuba and finally North
Dakota. Nazareth, who is a mute, is played by Tahar Rahim. Other cast
members include Simon Abkarian, Arsinee Khanjian, Akin Gazi and George
Georgiou. The script is written by Akin himself and Mardik Martin. The
film is in English, and runs for 138 minutes, although the version
that will premiere in Venice is dubbed over in German.
"Tahar doesn't say a word throughout the film and he is a bit like
Charlie Chaplin, but at the same time, he is a typical western
character, like Sergio Leone," Akin told Cineuropa.
"The Cut" is the third in the thematic trilogy of "Love, Death and the
Devil" that Akin has worked on. "I think wickedness exists within us
from the moment we are born. What I found fascinating was exploring
the fact that wickedness is a process of transition from goodness and
that the opposite phenomenon exists too. These are concepts that are
very intimately tied to each other. The most beautiful of bodies, for
example, can be carrying cancer on the inside, and one same person can
be capable of the nicest of actions and the vilest of crimes. I have
always thought that humans were in this in between place in the
evolution process. We still have to find out whether we will stop
living behind borders, separated by religion, nationality," he told
Cineuropa.
Akin had submitted "The Cut" to the Cannes Film Festival, but pulled
it last minute, for "personal reasons."
One of Europe's prominent filmmakers, Akin was born in Hamburg,
Germany, to Turkish parents. His critically-acclaimed films that have
won numerous international awards include "Head On" (Golden Bear award
at Berlin Film Festival, Best Film and Audience Award at European Film
Awards in 2004) and "The Edge of Heaven" (Best screenplay at the 2007
Cannes Film Festival, and the LUX prize of European Parliament).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khpZ3NtPjTM
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/07/25/fatih-akins-film-on-armenian-genocide-to-premiere-at-venice-film-festival/
http://www.armenianweekly.com/2014/07/24/genocide-film/
From: A. Papazian
10:22 25.07.2014
Award winning director Fatih Akin's latest film, "The Cut," will
premiere at the 71st Venice International Film Festival that will take
place from Aug. 27 to Sept. 6, the Armenian Weekly reports.
"The Cut" tells the story of an Armenian man, Nazareth Manoogian, who
after surviving the Genocide learns that his twin daughters may be
alive, and goes on a quest to find them. Nazareth's journey takes him
from his village Mardin to the deserts, to Cuba and finally North
Dakota. Nazareth, who is a mute, is played by Tahar Rahim. Other cast
members include Simon Abkarian, Arsinee Khanjian, Akin Gazi and George
Georgiou. The script is written by Akin himself and Mardik Martin. The
film is in English, and runs for 138 minutes, although the version
that will premiere in Venice is dubbed over in German.
"Tahar doesn't say a word throughout the film and he is a bit like
Charlie Chaplin, but at the same time, he is a typical western
character, like Sergio Leone," Akin told Cineuropa.
"The Cut" is the third in the thematic trilogy of "Love, Death and the
Devil" that Akin has worked on. "I think wickedness exists within us
from the moment we are born. What I found fascinating was exploring
the fact that wickedness is a process of transition from goodness and
that the opposite phenomenon exists too. These are concepts that are
very intimately tied to each other. The most beautiful of bodies, for
example, can be carrying cancer on the inside, and one same person can
be capable of the nicest of actions and the vilest of crimes. I have
always thought that humans were in this in between place in the
evolution process. We still have to find out whether we will stop
living behind borders, separated by religion, nationality," he told
Cineuropa.
Akin had submitted "The Cut" to the Cannes Film Festival, but pulled
it last minute, for "personal reasons."
One of Europe's prominent filmmakers, Akin was born in Hamburg,
Germany, to Turkish parents. His critically-acclaimed films that have
won numerous international awards include "Head On" (Golden Bear award
at Berlin Film Festival, Best Film and Audience Award at European Film
Awards in 2004) and "The Edge of Heaven" (Best screenplay at the 2007
Cannes Film Festival, and the LUX prize of European Parliament).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khpZ3NtPjTM
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/07/25/fatih-akins-film-on-armenian-genocide-to-premiere-at-venice-film-festival/
http://www.armenianweekly.com/2014/07/24/genocide-film/
From: A. Papazian