Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Head On--Gegen die Wand
Fatih Akin's Head On, winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Festival 2004 proved to be a stunning film, as it captured the raw vibrancy of a desperate relationship between two people attempting to piece together a life that would rescue them from self-annihilation. Birol Unel, is an actor of poignant magnetism that allows you to accept the monstrosity of his character, a man driven to drink and self-destruction after the death of his first wife. Sibel Guner, had the honest, playful quality of youth and aptly portrayed the staggering contradictions and complexities of one who feels herself trapped by the confines of tradition and culture. The hunger for life, the characters' deep-seated need to experience life in a fuller, more meaningful way, in the midst of suicide is the film's triumphant irony which leads you to continue to root for these characters. Though it seems they have despaired, they have not given up wanting, and it is in their desire that we appreciate how fragile, yet resiliently alive these characters are.
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