"DAS UNWORT" (The Taboo Word)
Barcelona Jewish Film Festival
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Filmoteca de Catalunya Plaça Salvador Seguí 1-9, 08001 Barcelona
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DAS UNWORT (Germany, 2020) follows Max at the beginning of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of miracles—which is something he could really do with right now. The morose atmosphere at the Berlin high school he attends is getting him down. After a lot of hostility, Max finally explodes. When the conflict between him and his fellow pupil Karim spirals out of control, the parents of the two assailants are summoned to a school meeting. At complete odds with each other over the delicate situation, an overwhelmed teacher, a school principal concerned only with his reputation, a strict representative of the school’s advisory board and the school caretaker, Eichmann, all sit down to a long evening of hateful prejudices, familiar clichés and a series of unacceptable solutions.
Director Leo Khasin takes on antisemitism in German schools and leads cult actress Iris Berben through an unorthodox, pithy comedy that emphasizes what unifies and gives space to reason, not least through contagious laughter.
There are two showings of this film and a presentation will be made to the director Leo Khasin on Wednesday, October 6th.
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