In The Bosom Friend Ulrich Seidl has once again given us a character we will not easily forget. A character who almost seems to belong to a world apart and who – according to some of the director’s own statements – after having renounced all forms of earning a living or social relationships, may also have found freedom in his own way.
Kurdwin Ayub is not afraid to dare and experiment with new film languages. This, after all, is what she has always done in her previous works as well. In Sonne, therefore, the director also finally feels free to develop and explore themes close to her heart from the perspective of teenagers who live in a big European city, but who come from all over the world. What, then, does homeland mean?
In Oskar & Lilli, problematic visual solutions are accompanied by an excellent characterisation of the protagonists and a welcome fairy-tale touch, the most appropriate solution for a drama where hope never dies and where, sometimes, breaking the rules may indeed turn out to be the best choice one can ever make.