The drama celebrated its world premiere in the international competition section of the Berlin International Film Festival in 2004 and was awarded the Golden Bear. Lead Actress Sibel Kekilli can be seen in her first role on the big screen and she received the New Faces Award in 2004 for her outstanding performance.
Fatih Akin returns to Cannes this year with his latest feature film AMRUM, which is part of the Cannes Premieres section. The family drama reunites the director with German actress Diane Kruger, who received the Palme d’Or for her performance in his crime thriller IN THE FADE (Official Selection Cannes 2017)

Our curator Jim Kolmar's comment on the movie: “Turkish-German filmmaker Fatih Akin emerged in confrontational style with HEAD ON. This blistering drama won numerous awards, including the Berlinale’s Golden Bear, and every nominated category in the 2004 German Film Awards.

Middle-aged, beer soaked gadfly Cahit (Birol Ünel) ends up in hospital after a particularly self-destructive night, and meets the beguiling, suicidal Sibel (Sibel Kekilli). Somehow stumbling into a marriage of convenience, the two become wrapped up in a brutal, fatalistic romance with a near Shakespearean level of emotional complexity. It’s a thrilling, shattering film of love, sex, family loyalty, and a violence born of desperation. In Akin’s hands, it’s a work of great humanity and harsh reality - HEAD ON reaffirms him as one of the leading lights of contemporary film.”

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Date and time: Sunday, May 18th at 11:00am – 12:00pm PT, 2:00pm – 3:00pm ET, 8:00pm – 9:00pm CET.
Hosted by Jim Kolmar

KINO! FILM SALON is a production of Telescope Film, in collaboration with the German Film Office

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