In the shadow of blood revenge

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Movie
Original title In the shadow of blood revenge
Country of production Germany
Publishing year 2007
length 86 minutes
Rod
Director Jana Matthes, Andrea Schramm
script Andrea Schramm
production Stefan Reiss
camera Patrick Popow
cut Frank Brummundt

The documentary In the Shadow of Blood Vengeance tells the story of a Kurdish - Yezidi family who is involved in a blood feud in Germany. The directors Jana Matthes and Andrea Schramm accompanied the family in Bielefeld for three years . The film was shown in 2007 at international festivals and on ARD . He was awarded the German Television Prize.

action

A woman abandons her husband, causing a bloody vengeance. In Bielefeld, a young Yezide is executed with 22 shots. He's bleeding to death in the street. The documentary tells the story of the perpetrator's family and describes four people involved in the case. While some live like Europeans, others cling to the old rituals.

production

  • Book: Jana Matthes & Andrea Schramm
  • Director: Jana Matthes & Andrea Schramm
  • based on an idea by: Katrin Rohnstock
  • Camera: Patrick Popow
  • Sound: Ferry Siering
  • Editor: Frank Brummundt
  • Dramaturgy: Tamara Tarmpe
  • Sound design: Ansger Freerich
  • Composer: Boris Bergmann
  • Producer: Stefan Reiss

Reviews

Der Spiegel : ... The moving documentary seems like a sad crime thriller without resolution. But she tells even more impressively of people who are breaking up at the gap between European emancipation and Kurdish tradition.

FAZ : ... The film forces, indeed calls for a change of perspective in the debate about integration and parallel society: The idea that the gap always runs between Germans on the one hand and migrants on the other collapses like a house of cards . The fundamental rift between Kurdish tradition and Western values ​​runs rather through the families themselves ...

Book about the film

Katrin Rohnstock wrote the book “A life in the shadow of blood revenge” together with the leading actress Gülnaz.

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