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Burhan Qurbani on His ‘No Beast. So Fierce’: ‘Freedom Is Something That Is Reserved for Them, the White German Society, Not for Us’
Burhan Qurbani on premiering his 'No Beast. So Fierce' on the eve of Germany's politically heated elections.
So Fierce,” which is premiering in Berlinale Special, Shakespeare’s “Richard III” is reimagined in a modern setting as the tale of an Arab gangster queen named Rashida who becomes the boss of the Berlin underworld. It’s the fifth feature from German-born Qurbani, who is the son of political refugees from Afghanistan and previously made a splash with hard-hitting social dramas such as “We Are Young. Your movie is premiering in Berlin a week before national elections at which the far-right, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) are expected to make big gains.
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