The challenges of modern multiculturalism are explored with a deft satirical touch in Leo Khasin’s film, based on his experience of growing up Jewish in Berlin.
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Synopsis
Iranian, Palestinian and Jewish students walk into a Berlin classroom – and all hell breaks loose. Trying to put back together the semblance of modern Germany’s tolerance are the culprits’ ostensibly liberal parents, ambitious school principal, jaded inspector and a well-intentioned but naïve teacher. Each harbours their own unknown prejudice and implicit biases, making co-existence a noble – but really hard to achieve – goal. Director Leo Khasin’s (Kaddish for a Friend) new film is a hilarious and thought-provoking satire about multiculturalism in Germany today.
Credits
Rating: 18
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leo Khasin
Stars: Samuel Benito, Iris Berben, Anna Brüggemann
