The Five Best Movies by Fatih Akin

Fatih Akin - German director, screenwriter, producer and actor, winner of several awards for his works. In this article, let's pay attention to his career and the best work.

Short biography and first works

Fatih was born in Hamburg in 1973 in the family of Turkish immigrants. Films Fatih Akin began shooting in 1995, and the first of them was the short film "Sessin, it's you!", For eleven minutes showing how a young Turk tries to care for the girl of her dreams. And in three years the director shot a full-length thriller "Quickly and without pain" (1998) about three friends who dream of ending crime and starting a normal life. For his work, he received two awards, which define him as the best young director.

This inspired him to pursue a career. First came the adventure melodrama "The Sun of the Aztecs" (2000), then the comedy drama "Solino" (2002), and a year later the drama "Head on the wall", for which Fatih received the highest award of the Berlin festival - "The Golden Bear". And having shown the film "On the other side of the Bosphorus" (2005) at the Cannes Film Festival , he received a prize for the best script.

Now Fatih Akin's filmography includes about twenty projects. It's not much, but considering the success of some of his films, the list will be replenished. In the meantime, let us dwell on his best works.

"Quickly and without pain" (1998)

In his first film, director Fatih Akin tells the story of three friends: the Serbian Bobby, the Turkish Jebrail and the Greek of Costa. All of them are connected with crime in one way or another, but they dream of a different future. True, the present is clearly hinting that their plans will never come true.

But, as it turns out, not everything is so hopeless. After all, one of them manages to change his destiny - he leaves Hamburg and moves to Istanbul, where he begins a new life. The question is, will the rest of the people at least be so close to fulfilling their dreams?

Solino (2002)

In the drama "Solino" Fatih Akin tells the story of an Italian family living in a town called Solino. Now Romano, Rosa and their two sons, Gigi and Giancarlo, are trying to settle in Germany. They open a pizzeria, which they call after their hometown. True, unlike her husband, Rosa still can not get used to the new situation.

The brothers are wildly enthusiastic about life in Germany, because there are absolutely new opportunities for entertainment, one of which is smoking marijuana. They are always together and ready to support each other. They generally all are brotherly, at least, until there is a girl who likes both. From this moment, disagreements between two close people begin.

"Head against the wall" (2003)

The film, for the creation of which Fatih Akin received the "Golden Bear" and the prize Fipresci, tells the story of the oriental beauty named Sibil. The girl lives in Hamburg, but her Muslim background does not allow her to fully enjoy the western life. She would like to go to clubs and meet with the guys, but her parents do not give her that opportunity. So she decides to get married to finally break out of the family.

For the role of her fiancé, the girl chooses Jahit Tomruk from Mersin, who recently fell into a major auto accident. First they agree to just live together and establish each their own destiny. But gradually they come together, and then fall in love. Of course, you can just be happy for them, but ahead of the children there are still many tests.

"Soul cuisine" (2010)

The main character of the film Zinos Kazantsakis - the owner of a small restaurant in Hamburg. He cooks food himself, because that's why he always has visitors. The restaurant, of course, does not bring much profit, but this place he really likes. Therefore, the guy did not leave with his girlfriend when she decided to work in China.

But parting with her was not his only problem. Recently, dragging the gravity, he injured his back, because of what for a time lost the ability to stand at the stove. And the new cook cooked up his customers only. In addition, he had to arrange his brother so that he could leave the prison rooms in the afternoon. But the worst thing is that the old acquaintance of Zinos has put an eye on his institution to use for their own purposes.

Scar (2014)

In 1915, during the genocide, Nazareth lost his daughters. This is really a great misfortune, so the man has long grieved. But time has passed, and gradually the terrible horror of those terrible events begins to dwindle in him. That's when he finds out that his daughters are probably still alive.

Nazareth long does not believe, but still decides to find them. First, he goes to a small village located in the heart of the desert of Mesopotamia. And then overcomes thousands of miles to get to North Dakota. And all this time he is not sure whether he will be able to reunite with his family, so that finally he will have a deep scar in his soul.

In May 2017 Fatih Akin finished filming the drama "At the Limit" about a girl named Katya, who lost her husband and son as a result of the terrorist act. Most likely, this is not his last work, because the director is still very young, he shoot and shoot. The main thing is to have ideas.