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A world premiere: An emotional political thriller with stars Barbara Sukowa and Lambert Wilson.
Mathilda, a conservative politician, normally advocates strict EU border controls. Things get a little tricky, however, when she’s asked to help an old friend hide Malik, who has entered the EU illegally from Morocco. Mathilda’s assistant, herself a second-generation immigrant, also starts to question her own views when a bombing incident puts Malik in the crosshairs of a terrorist investigation.
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(only P&I)City 1
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After the film: Q&A with Angelina Maccarone and team
Sendlinger Tor -
After the film: Q&A with Angelina Maccarone and Claudia Schröter
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After the film: Q&A with Martina Haubrich
ASTOR ARRI Kino
Meet the director
Angelina Maccarone
Angelina Maccarone was a writer of song lyrics before she earned her MA in literature. VERFOLGT (2005) received the Golden Leopard in Locarno in the Cinema du présent section. THE LOOK (FILMFEST MÜNCHEN 2011) was nominated for the German Film Award (“Lola”) for best documentary. TURNING TABLES earned her the Lola for best unfilmed screenplay in 2017. Maccarone has been a professor of film directing at the Babelsberg Film University since 2014.