In the Fade (2017)

Original title

Aus dem Nichts

Directed by

Fatih Akin

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany, France

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

R

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 896 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A German woman's husband and son are killed in a bomb attack by neo-Nazis. The film follows her struggle with grief and her quest for justice.

grief-strickentensebleakslow-burnemotionally rawharrowingvengefulseriousvisceral

What happens

In the Fade (German: Aus dem Nichts) is a 2017 German neo-noir drama thriller film, written and directed by Fatih Akin. It stars Diane Kruger as a German woman whose Turkish-Kurdish husband and son are killed in a terrorist attack perpetrated by neo-Nazis. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, where Kruger won the Best Actress award. It was selected as the German entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, making the December shortlist, but it was ultimately not nominated. It did, however, win the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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