Germany's 'In The Fade' Flips The Script On The Terrorism Film
Filmmaker Fatih Akin says he made In the Fade to spotlight something terrorism stories often overlook: the victims. It follows a woman whose husband and 6-year old son have been murdered by neo-Nazis.
In recent years, films about terrorism have become their own kind of genre. They're often geopolitical thrillers or espionage dramas, but a new film from Germany takes a different — and more intimate — approach.
In the Fade, Germany's entry to the Oscars, tells the story of a survivor picking up the pieces of her broken life. German filmmaker Fatih Akin says he made the film to spotlight something terrorism stories often overlook.
"You don't know [anything] about those people who died. It's just numbers get to know is the murderer was Abu Jihad I-Don't-Know-What. ... Everything about the murderers. I was more interested about the victims."
