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Berlin-Based Directors Keep Politics Center Stage as Festival Kicks off on Eve of Elections
Berlin-based directors are keeping politics at center stage as the Berlinale kicks off on the eve of national elections
And right on cue, the fest’s opening film, Tom Tykwer ‘s “The Light,” depicts a deeply dysfunctional Berlin family that is saved by its Syrian housekeeper. Berlin-based helmer Ameer Fakher Eldin, who was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, to Syrian parents from the Golan Heights, will be premiering “Yunan,” the story of a prominent Arab author exiled in Berlin where, burdened by “an unforgettable past and an unidentifiable future,” as the director put it, Munir embarks on a journey to a remote island to contemplate suicide. There, Munir meets a wise elderly woman named Vaselka, played by German cinema icon Hanna Schygulla, whose simple acts of kindness rekindle his desire to live.
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