Director: Christian Petzold
Cast: Benno Fürmann ... Thomas
Nina Hoss ... Laura
Hilmi Sözer ... Ali Özkan
Although many Americans live with the guilt or jubilation from the dropping of the Hiroshima bomb that resulted in an en masse destruction of civilian life, Jerichow brings that event into clear focus with the use of three characters, (two men and a woman), moving slowly into the depth of their lives, fueled by the progressive almost predictable interactions.
At its core Jerichow is an achievement of the impossible: to bring world level events of War, of the ngredients of climate change into the human everyday experience of ordinary people. This film, like none I have ever seen, talks to me about the world of destruction, of the black cloud that is us and also hovers over us, whether we see it or not.
Jerichow isn't for everyone but everyone who sees it will applaud it as one of the great moments in film.
Opens May 15, 2009 in New York City: Fim Forum
German subtitles
Linda Zises
WBAI Women's Collective
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