Die Sirene
The Siren
1980 in the oil metropolis of Abadan, the largest port city in Iran. Omid, 14, is playing football with his friends when a missile hits a nearby refinery. Within a very short time, this attack by the Iraqi army plunges the city into chaos. At home, Omid catches a glimpse of his older brother getting into a transporter that is taking fighters to the front. His mother has already packed a few things and is ready to flee with the family, but Omid refuses. He and his grandfather stay behind. Too young to take up arms himself, he becomes a provider for a group of others remaining there who are now united in need. He is determined not to give up the search for his brother – and to find an escape route out of the encircled city.
With a meticulous eye for detail in her storytelling and a minimalistic style of animation, director Sepideh Farsi depicts the outbreak of the bloody Iran-Iraq war through one boy’s struggle for survival in a besieged city. Along the way, her protagonist encounters various people who find themselves at a turning point in their lives due to the war and who have to plan their future anew.
Source: 73. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)
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Shoot
- Baden-Württemberg, Grand Est, Pays de la Loire
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 12.07.2023, 244561, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): 16.02.2023, Berlin, IFF - Panorama;
Kinostart (DE): 30.11.2023
Titles
- Originaltitel (DE) Die Sirene
- Originaltitel (FR) La Sirène
- Weiterer Titel (eng) The Siren
Versions
Original
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 12.07.2023, 244561, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): 16.02.2023, Berlin, IFF - Panorama;
Kinostart (DE): 30.11.2023
Awards
- Lobende Erwähnung, Wettbewerb "Teens"
- Prädikat: besonders wertvoll
- Preis für die beste Musik