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Awalnya Ibo hanya ingin membuat film Jerman pertama yang bergenre kung fu. Untuk membiayainya, dia membuat iklan untuk sebuah restoran kebab. Apa boleh buat, sebagai keturunan Turki serabutan, koneksinya masih famili dan komunitas Turkinya. Setidaknya, kekasih Ibo, Titzi, seorang gadis Jerman “tulen”. Tapi ketika Titzi hamil, Ibo harus bergulat dengan status barunya sebagai calon ayah. Masalah diperumit dengan hubungan antar ras yang penuh ranjau budaya.
Film ini mengemas dengan ringan hubungan antar budaya yang tidak pernah mudah antara Jerman “asli” dengan masyarakat keturunan Turki. Ditulis oleh Fatih Akin dan empat kolaborator lainnya, termasuk sang sutradara sendiri, Anno Saul.
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In Hamburg, Ibrahim "Ibo" Secmez, of Turkish descent, has one obsession: to make the first German Kung-Fu movie. To pave his path in achieving his long life goal, Ibo makes commercial for a kebab restaurant, owned by his uncle. Things get more complicated when hi German girlfriend, Titzi, reveals that she's pregnant. While struggling to embrace the responsibilities of becoming a father, Ibo also has to face the cultural clash between the roots of his homeland and his home-country.
Written by himself with Fatih Akin and three other collaborators, KEBAB CONNECTION takes a refreshing and merry approach to the questions of difference, and underlying issues of prejudice and discrimination, that drive its narrative. Its positive outlook on the ability of people to be decent to each other makes it enjoyable and satisfying to watch.
Sutradara Anno Saul | Pemeran Denis Moschitto, Nora Tschirner, Emanuel Bettencourt | Tahun 2004 | Durasi 96 menit | Jenis Fiksi | Negara Jerman | Bahasa Yunani, Turki, Jerman | Subteks Bahasa Inggris | Format Digital | Klasifikasi Usia 15+
Ulasan
Ethnic comedies don't get much more enjoyable than "Kebab Connection,"
an imaginatively directed laffer working off tensions between Turkish and Greek emigrants
in Germany. Stereotypes are played thick and fast, but good-natured self-mockery
and star Dennis Moschitto's terrific physicality carry the pic,
even when it wimpishly ties everything up at the end.
Most importantly for a romantic comedy, the movie persuades you to root for Ibo and Titzi,
knowing that their being together is better than their being apart.
As a matter of philosophy, in a world riven by divisions, where identifications
with religion and ethnicity are literally seen as life-and-death matters,
there are far worse messages than Kebab Connection's humanistic one
that love and decency can overcome barriers between people.
Penghargaan
Nomine | Best Feature Film, German Camera Award 2005, Berlin, Jerman
Nomine | Outstanding Editing, German Camera Award 2005, Berlin, Jerman
Nomine | Best Actor, New Faces Award 2005, Berlin, Jerman
Pemenang | Audience Award, Nuremberg Film Festival 2005. Nurembreg, Jerman
Pemenang | Best Actress (Nora Tschirner), Nuremberg Film Festival 2005. Nurembreg, Jerman
Pemenang | Audience Award, Ljubljana International Film Festival 2005. Ljubljana, Slovenia
Pemenang | Generation Award, Seville European Film Festival 2005, Seville, Spanyol
Nomine | Best Young Supporting Actor, Udine Awards 2005, Udine, Austria
Nomine | Best Young Comedian, Udine Awards 2005, Udine, Austria
Festival
Official Selection | Brooklyn Film Festival 2005, Brooklyn, Amerika Serikat
Official Selection | Hof International Film Festival 2004, Hof, Jerman
Official Selection | Kinofest Lünen 2004, Lünen, Jerman
Official Selection | Göteborg Film Festival 2005, Göteborg, Swedia