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Ameer Fakher Eldin on Directing Hanna Schygulla in Berlin Competition Title ‘Yunan’: ‘You Feel That She’s Really True to Herself’
Ameer Fakher Eldin on directing Hanna Schygulla in Berlin competition title 'Yunan,' the second instalment of his 'Homeland' trilogy on displacement.
Berlin-based helmer Ameer Fakher Eldin, who was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, to Syrian parents from the Golan Heights, is in the Berlinale competition with “ Yunan,” the story of a prominent Arab author Munir, who is living in exile in Berlin and going through some heavy inner turmoil. There, he meets a wise elderly woman named Vaselka, played by German cinema icon Hanna Schygulla, whose simple acts of kindness rekindle his desire to live. “Yunan” stars Lebanese multi-hyphenate George Khabbaz as Munir, Schygulla, Palestinian actor Ali Suleiman (“Paradise Now”) and Sibel Kekilli (“Game of Thrones”).
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