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A woman in the foreground smoking, out of focus. A man smiles at her.

Turning Tables Klandestin

  Angelina Maccarone

  Germany     124 minutes

Synopsis

A bombing in Munich has reverberations throughout the city, setting into motion a chain of events with far-reaching political and personal consequences. Conservative politician Mathlide (Barbara Sukowa, Lola, Rosa Luxembourg, Hannah Arendt) has been a staunch advocate for strict EU border controls to limit migrant populations. When she’s asked to hide Malik (Habib Adda), a young Moroccan who has entered the EU illegally, by close friend and artist Richard (Lambert Wilson, Of Gods and Men, The Matrix series) her ideological and private loyalties collide. When Malik is unjustly identified as a suspect in the bombing, Mathlide’s aide Amina (Banafshe Hourmazdi) begins to question her own allegiances.

 German, English, Arabic with subtitles

In Focus: Germany on Screen

the flag of GermanyThis film is part of the 60th Chicago International Film Festival’s In Focus: Germany on Screen collection highlighting the work of Germany’s most gifted auteur filmmakers.

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Film Credits

  •   Martina Haubrich, Claudia Schröter
  •   Angelina Maccarone
  •   Gergana Voigt
  •   Florian Foest
  •   Barbara Sukowa, Lambert Wilson, Banafshe Hourmazdi, Habib Adda, Katharina Schüttler
  •   Freya Arde
  •   Dorissa Berninger
  •   CALA Film - Berlin, Erfurt, Darmstadt
  •   https://www.calafilm.de/klandestin

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