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Bastion of Sin // Hochburg der Sunden
( Germany, 2008, 78 min. )
Director: Thomas Lauterbach
When a Stuttgart theatre director assembles an amateur and all-Turkish cast of women in his modern production of Medea, more drama explodes off stage than on. Designed to examine Eastern and Western images of women, the production asks each cast member to contribute her own personal story to the play’s experimental script. Headstrong housewife Aysel is the only headscarf-wearing Turk in the bunch and soon takes it upon her sassy self to defend her traditional views against the more modern ideas of the others. Cameras capture exceedingly intelligent discussions about religion, «oppression», and sex in this politically and religiously diverse group. But as the exchanges become increasingly personal, Aysel soon finds her commitment to the play and her newly found friendships put to the test. Torn between her desire for freedom and her own traditions, Aysel gets entangled in a conflict with her beliefs and is forced to question her life to date. 51st International Leipzig Festival for Documentary- und Animated Film: Best Film of German Competition.
Film is screened in the Free Thought. Documentary cinema program
Screening shedule
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27 June
28 June
