FILM SERIES ON MIGRATION
in cooperation with Indo
Cine Appreciation Foundation
Thu, 21.09.2017 - Fri, 22.09.2017
7:00 PM
GOETHE-INSTITUT/MAX MUELLER BHAVAN
CHENNAI
No. 4, 5th Street, Rutland Gate
600 006 Chennai
Migration is a hard hitting physical and mental
displacement, where one is forced to leave one’s own country, childhood
memories, family, friends, language and culture in a state of extreme pain. To
be able to understand more closely this feeling of nostalgia and longing for
home, we have put together few films that helps us empathize these traumatic
experiences. In Wolfskinder, set in an
East Prussian village under Russian occupation in the year 1947, two brothers lose
their mother and they have to make their way alone through to Lithuania, an
odyssey where they have to fight against hunger, adverse weather and illness.
We are Young. We are Strong recounts the incident
from the perspectives of three very different characters. Lien is a Vietnamese
woman who settled in Germany, but at the end of the day she will be fighting
for her life wondering if the place she called home could ever be one for her.
Stefan and his friends are part of the night's violent turmoil. Young and
angry, bored during the daytime, they look forward to the nightly riots and
clashes with the police and foreigners. Unable to cope with his grief at the
loss of a friend, Stefan gets lost in a circle of violence. Stefan's father
Martin is an ambitious local politician, trapped in a dilemma: does he advance
his career or stand up for his ideals and take responsibility, which includes
that for his son?
From watching stories with unforgettable imagery to
unknown fears, we will definitely want to open ourselves to help these seekers
of a new home.
21 September 2017
We
are Young. We are Strong
Dir:
Burhan Qurbani | 2013/14 | 128 min.
22
September 2017
Wolfskinder
Dir:
Rick Ostermann | 2012/13 | 93 min.
Entry
is Free.
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