| Isaach
de Bankolé - Otomo
Eva Mattes - Gisela
Frieder Schlaich directs this horrific
look at racism in modern Germany. Loosely based on a real-life incident
that scandalized Stuttgart in 1989, the film recounts the final
day of a Liberian political refugee. Otomo (Isaach de Bankole) cannot
find even the most modest of jobs because of his race. Everyone
from his fellow boarding house patrons to his fellow churchgoers
treat him with contempt and disdain. His long-simmering rage boils
over when he finds himself involved in a scuffle with a racist subway
ticket collector. Otomo flees the scene after slightly injuring
the man, leaving his identification papers behind in the process.
Soon ultra-ambitious cop Heinz is hot on his trail, hoping to boost
his career by nailing a "dangerous fugitive." |