Prêmios

For his outstanding performance.

Two young people escape their native Turkey for a better life but come up against the same problems that forced them to leave their native country: principally that of the Turkish-Kurdish conflict. The violence that breaks out is not justifiable but also cannot be condemned. The profound message of the film is this : the impossibility to draw a line between what is right and what is wrong. The director puts this complex problem under the lens, without sentimentality and with a sustained rhythm. The non-professional actors understood how to express the pain, pushing the spectator to reflect on these themes.

FRATRICIDE provocatively confronts the burning European question of refugees. The setting is Germany, the people the Kurds. Yilmaz Arslan combines a complex plot about two brothers with scenes of visceral violence as well as a tender picture of caring friendship. His film is both an accusation against racism and neglect and a plea for common humanity and decency.