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‘Yunan’ Review: A Writer In Exile Finds Solace On A Storm-Tossed German Island in Ameer Fakher Eldin’s Atmospheric Drama – Berlin Film Festival
‘Yunan’ review: A blocked writer in exile finds solace on a storm-tossed German island in Ameer Fakher Eldin’s atmospheric drama – Berlin Film Festival
Suffused with a melancholy as saturated as the damp air of the North Sea, Yunan follows on from Fakher Eldin’s ultimately more affecting debut The Stranger with its exploration of another facet of exile and belonging, this time set on a flood-prone German island that exists in a perpetual struggle between evanescence and permanence. A once-in-a-generation storm is brewing, and with it the warning that “the firm ground on which we stand now will be at the bottom of the sea.” Only the mound-set homes might escape being temporarily reclaimed by the waters, but just as Kirsten Dunst’s character rises from her despair in Melancholia as catastrophe nears, so too the approaching floods slowly edge Munir away from suicidal thoughts. Title: Yunan Festival: Berlin (Competition) Director-screenwriter: Ameer Fakher Eldin Cast: George Khabbaz, Hanna Schygulla, Ali Suliman, Sibel Kekilli, Tom Wlaschiha, Nidal Al Achkar Sales agent: Intramovies Running time: 2 hrs 04 mins
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