1st film did not he thought he won then famously by run of anna fassbender for t.v. in 98015 hours long now there's a brand new version of this old story set in modern day berlin. alexandre plots the center of berlin francis has made it here after a long traumatic journey from west africa. he's hoping for a fresh start in the german capital but instead he falls into the clutches of a high holies a sucker who seems to be evil incarnate. led by my clinical. sometimes. tough. despite francis is the best intentions and i'm hard pulls him into a life of crime francis finds himself part of a break in at a jewelry store. every. show.

the film shows the harsh reality for refugees in berlin would seem shot in a refugee hostel and in a park notorious for drugs where many of the dealers are desperate african migrants german director bore hunt khubani is the son of afghan refugees he knew he wanted to tell the story of today's refugees just a few got this from a small that if i simply took the story of one of these drug dealers in this park the people here in germany wouldn't take much notice of it so that it would just go ignored it. and so co bunny decided to tell the story through the lens of a classic 1000 twenties german novel berlin alexanderplatz by i tried to play. back in 1031 the story was turned into one of the 1st german films with sound. and in the early 1980 s. the legendary director of vienna fast and i made it into a t.v. series. a little different but. now one core body has retold the story of

berlin and like sun up lots in the year 2023 our film still contains the book central story a man who wants to be good for finds himself unable to escape a life of crime. and if you look to 13 is a microcosm we'll see that it's a glimpse of the dreaming state where everybody. vote itself and it doesn't matter what they do but the most important use they are the character francis falls in love with a prostitute named meets or she gets pregnant but their love is hopeless francis is unable to save her from himself and from behind heart. aleksandar plans a journey through the dark side of humanity and

a city anchored in the present a present that in many ways evokes the instability of the 1920 s. good or bad is that it and all film critics got roxboro joins us from the heart of the. score a lot of expectations for this movie in the german press so does it live up to the hype. well almost i mean this is a crazily ambitious film i mean 1000000000 aleksandar plots is one of the truly great epics of german literature i mean you can compare it to james joyce's ulysses in english so condensing that epic story down to even a very long film this is a 3 hour movie is quite a bit past but. the director almost pulls it off i think is a master stroke is the decision to take the main character friends people and make him in this case into a african refugee because that really highlights the east of themes of poverty and

desperation from doublings novel and also makes the bridge between the berlin of the 19th twenty's from the book and the modern day berlin 2020 so that it does look transforming actually 100 years old almost 100 years old it does well. yeah i think setting up the modern day actually works very very well and i think his film works best when it actually sets very close to the to the plot and the characterization from the novel i mean in some cases even have some of his characters speak in. antiquated german which i thought worked perfectly i think the only time this film doesn't work is when the director tries to sort of shoehorn in 21st century discussions and debates of identity or race politics in a way that i think is a bit too on the nose and feels a bit clunky but the closer he comes to do billions original text the better it works just generally how german movies doing it.

oh actually quite well we've had 3 german films in competition here all been fairly well received my favorite was to send pencils you know which is a love story based on the myth of a water nymph and has probably the absolute best meet cute scene i've seen in movies involving that you will magically it's an exploding aquarium that drenches them both a really really nice movie very very delicately done i'm a real huge fan of course john that's old he's been in berlin a number of times but i think this film is his best for years and it's the best chance for a german film to win the golden bear this year ok stay with the scott we're going to have a look at something else right now we have a film that moves between reality and fiction down tasha is one of many films that have resulted from a crazy project where 400 people were transported back in time and lived for over 2

years in a in a version of stalin's soviet union is a short clip. of the group. this is the one who was the. only way they were really. good this is. the close up of. scott as i mentioned this movie was one of many made over recent years about this extraordinary dial project so is it a movie is it a documentary is it a reality show what's easy. yeah i think it's actually more of a soviet russian version of the truman show i mean these were all these actors were put in this this complex and filmed 24 hours

a day but but these are also the performing roles so you have a soviet scientists they. a waitress a member of the secret police and this film showing here is just one of those stories ahead and you together some of this these thousands of hours of footage to create a i don't know the equivalent of almost a a fly on the wall documentary of what it must've been like to live in soviet russia . is it any good. i really liked it a lot of the old dog films from sort of few of authenticity but it's a very rough film at $718.00 plus and it's not for the for the faint of heart but if you want to real different look at soviet russia and maybe get maybe a bit of a feel for what what it must been like to live in that kind of society i definitely recommend ok disco rocks as always many many things will be speaking to the same time tomorrow bye bye. now whether it's

jackson pollock splashing technique or scales primitivism. is always a matter of taste of course meet a young man experimenting with these styles and more and when i say young make up is still in primary school but already made him an impression on the international scene. this little man is making a big splash whenever mikheil a car exhibits his paintings he's the center of attention the artist behind these pictures is just 70 years of. sometimes i get books from artists i look at them play she will trace them with my fingers and just start painting i'm still. here in berlin mikhail is opening his 10th exhibition of his paintings sell for a cool 621-3000 euros some people are reminded of works by famous artists they

kind of not like this guy for basically mckerrow has 3 role models for one we have these pictures made with the dripping technique modeled on jackson pollock an action painting which started in 1946 and here we have the trowel or squeegee technique modeled on care how do they stop before we think it would be a gift and then there's the style of. those are his 3 role models of the new guy like you. at home there cologne mikheil likes to spend his time in his basement studio experimenting with paints and techniques he's never taken a course he started working intuitively after his parents gave him finger paints and a canvas for his 4th birthday. candle for nothing until the very next day he was painting . came home from work and saw the 1st picture about my wife had done it. but she

hadn't. rick. iles father posted his son's painting on facebook with unexpected results specht of buyers contacted him now mikheil paints $2.00 to $4.00 works a month. he's a darling of the media and art circus together with german national team goalkeeper money. he painted a picture that was auctioned off to benefit underprivileged children for 11000 years. when mikhail isn't painting he attends school like other kids his age. publish our school for fun and what to do. good art art a. harem of car gave up his job and now devotes his energy to managing his son. are very careful to make sure it doesn't get to be too much for me. if it does we

put on the brakes immediately. and it certainly can be a lot they've come to a studio where mikhail's works are being turned into prints. for a limited edition the young artist is painting over 5 copies of his composition billie jean named after the michael jackson song. with exhibitions in paris amsterdam and new york already planned for the little artist it doesn't seem mikhail a car will be slowing down anytime soon. he seems to be enjoying himself and good luck to him i leave you with pictures from another 400 years old whose works just fine an exhibition in madrid shows as the genius of rembrandt's portraiture a man generally regarded as the greatest painter of the 17th century thanks very much for watching join me sculpt the rest of the same songs from our if you can.

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