A film by Kurdwin Ayub. Starts March 27th at the fsk. In German, Arabic and English with German subtitles.
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Kurdwin Ayub electrified with her widely-lauded feature debut SONNE (2022), depicting a Muslim girl’s experiences growing up in Vienna. She flips the perspective in MOND, following an Austrian woman on a work trip to Jordan. In an inspired casting choice, choreographer and performance artist Florentina Holzinger plays Sarah, a retired mixed martial arts fighter hired as a personal trainer by a wealthy family in Amman. What initially appears like a dream job—swanky hotel, private driver—quickly turns troubling. The teenage sisters she is supposed to train show no interest in the sport. Their palatial home is always deserted, apart from the cleaning staff and several bodyguards, who patrol the house as if it were a prison. The girls aren’t allowed to access the WiFi network and seem shut off from the outside world. When Sarah enquires about the identity of her employers at the hotel bar and mentions their family name, the previously friendly barman abruptly ends the conversation. While keeping the story in a realist register, Ayub borrows tropes from the thriller and horror genres to generate mounting suspense and upend the archetype of the white saviour, thus forcing viewers to confront their own preconceptions. (Giovanni Marchini Camia)




Credits:
AU 2024, 93 Min, deutsch/arabisch/englische OmU
Regie: Kurdwin Ayub
Kamera: Klemens Hufnagl,
Schnitt: Roland Stöttinger,
mit: Florentina Holzinger, Andria Tayeh, Celina Antwan, Nagham Abu Baker, u.a.
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