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<\/p>\nReviewed by Kimberli Wong, AFI Fest 2017<\/p>\n
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In the Fade (Aus Dem Nights) directed by Fatih Akin is an intense, thrilling, and suspenseful look at racial terrorism in present-day Germany. \u00a0It is inspired by the true story of a series of murders and bombings that happened in Germany in the 2000s, in which Neo-Nazis targeted Turkish residents. \u00a0The movie follows the story of one woman, Katja (Diane Kruger), coping with the loss of her young son and reformed, crooked gone straight Turkish husband (Numan Akar). \u00a0Their murder happens early in the movie, and the rest of the movie centers around how Katja deals with this stunning loss.<\/p>\n
Diane Kruger undergoes a complete transformation in this role. \u00a0She is virtually unrecognizable from such roles as Helen of Troy (Troy, 2004) or Inglorious Bastards (2009). \u00a0Katja is gritty, tough, rebellious, and fiercely strong. \u00a0The almost frantic action and filming, coupled with blaring music in the beginning is quickly replaced by grim silence and stillness as Katja must choose how and if she will move on from her family\u2019s death. \u00a0When the two suspects are caught and brought to trial, Katja herself is questioned for her psychological and emotional stability and reliability in properly identifying them.<\/p>\n
In the Fade is a relevant example of hate crimes, terror, loss, grief, rage, and justice \u00a0in a society that must determine for itself what its future will be. \u00a0It is the story of a nightmare that has become a living reality. \u00a0What are one\u2019s options when faced with such an impossible situation? \u00a0Katja must and does make the only choice that makes sense in her world. \u00a0The performances are absolutely riveting, and the story one that Fatih Akin tells with such conviction, in the hopes, I am sure, that one day such stories will be merely fiction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Reviewed by Kimberli Wong, AFI Fest 2017 In the Fade (Aus Dem Nights) directed by Fatih Akin is an intense, thrilling, and suspenseful look at racial terrorism in present-day Germany. \u00a0It is inspired by the true story of a series of murders and bombings that happened in Germany in the 2000s, in which Neo-Nazis targeted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226246,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[316,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afi-filmfest-2017","category-films"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/226246"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}