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Migrants highlighted in Festival opener
RITA DI SANTO applauds a touching and witty opener that touches a hot topic in Germany: the future of the immigrant population
MAGICAL: Tala al Deen in The Light
GORDON PARSONS steps warily through the pessimistic world view of an influential US conservative
HENRY BELL takes issue with the assertion that basic income is a remedy for poverty when it doesn’t address the inbuilt inequality of capitalism
RON JACOBS welcomes an investigation of the murders of US leftist activists that tells the story of a solidarity movement in Chile
RITA DI SANTO surveys the smorgasbord of films on offer at this year’s festival
Reviews of A New Kind Of Wilderness, The Marching Band, Good One and Magic Farm by MARIA DUARTE, ANDY HEDGECOCK and MICHAL BONCZA
SCOTT ALSWORTH foresees the coming of the smaller, leaner, and class conscious indie studio, with art as its guiding star
The Light
Directed by Tom Tykwer
THIS year’s Berlin Film Festival opens with Tom Tykwer’s The Light, where a modern Mary Poppins, a Syrian housekeeper with a powerful device, rescues a dysfunctional German family.
Set in bustling modern Berlin, the film immerses viewers in the chaos of contemporary life. The main characters belong to a middle-class family, the Engels. Tim and Milena are a couple who have lost their once-strong connection. Milena often travels to Kenya for an artistic project, while her husband focuses on his advertising career.
Their children, 17-year-old twins Frieda and Jon, and the youngest, eight-year-old Dio, embody the new generations, grappling with the complex world and their future.
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