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GOETHE FILMS @ TIFF Bell Lightbox – March 3 + 8 + 10
A Long Way: Europe between refuge and fortress
Over 1 million refugees have arrived in Germany over the past year. Feature films including “Colour of the Ocean” (TIFF11), Oscar-shortlisted “We Are Young. We Are Strong.”, and recent shorts and documentaries examine Europe as refuge or fortress.
COLOUR OF THE OCEAN (Germany, 2011, 97 min), directed by Maggie Peren, with Sabine Timoteo, Friedrich Mücke, Hubert Koundé, Alex Gonzales
Synopsis
Canary Island cop José has become callous and cynical. As a border patrolman, he has to decide the fate of hundreds of African boat people that wash ashore on the Spanish island paradise. When German tourist Nathalie witnesses the arrival of a boatload of refugees and starts helping out on the spot, the lives of José, Nathalie and one of the few survivors, Congolese Zola with his son Mamadou, become fatefully intertwined. Over the objections of her husband Paul, Nathalie helps Zola try to escape from an internment camp. But instead of freedom, he finds himself at the hands of criminal smugglers.
“A muscular, moving thriller with a three-sided perspective on the moral complexities of immigration.” – Variety
Toronto International Film Festival 2011
Zurich Film Festival 2011
VGF Producer’s Award, Bavarian Film Award 2012
“Highly Recommended”, German Film Board 2012
With English subtitles; open to audiences 18+. Tickets $10, day-of-sales only at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, open at 10am, in person or by phone 1-888-599-8433
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