The prodigal son´s search for the father he believed was dead becomes a tragic and yet hopeful parable on the need to find one´s identity in the space between exile and the country of one´s birth. The film´s depiction of architecture and landscape as well as its sparse, black-and-white visual style make it a convincing artistic debut.
47th International Film Festival Berlin
13.02.1997 to 24.02.1997
Berlin
Awards
Under Western Eyes
Directed by:
1996
Directed by:
1996
The human tragedy of the fate of an English mining community is portrayed with a ciritical eye for social detail and great solidarity and sympathy. The film´s music lends it both humour and a lightness of touch.
Mother and Son
Directed by:
1997
For this masterful filmic portrait of a world in which natural and transcendental powers as well as human emotions form one profound spiritual entity.
Directed by:
1996
In a persistent conversation with his father, a son confirms his own family history and religious origins, and forces his father to face up to and take responsibility for his repressed personal history. This document of a personal history also reflects historical und universal conflicts.
They Teach Us How To Be Happy
Directed by:
1996
For his committed observational documentary about Sudanese asylum-seekers during their exhaustive journey through Swiss bureaucracy. This film is a forceful appeal for a more humane policy on asylum.
