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Copilot

Copilot (Die Welt wird eine andere sein)

Movie · 2021 · 5 people

In 2021 Anne Zohra Berrached directed the German-French-Lebanese relationship drama Copilot. It is called Die Welt wird eine andere sein in Germany and Ce qui reste in France, while Copilot is its international title. It runs about two hours, with dialogue in German, English, Arabic and Turkish.

The story follows Aslı, a student of German-Turkish background, who meets Saeed, a Lebanese medical student, at a dorm party. Canan Kir plays Aslı and Roger Azar plays Saeed; Özay Fecht plays Zeynep and Jana Julia Roth plays Jacqui. Dazzled by Saeed's confidence, Aslı ignores her family's objections and secretly marries him at a mosque. She is soon torn between proving herself, traditional family expectations and her love. Saeed's deepening Islamist radicalization strains the marriage and ends in a catastrophe on a worldwide scale. The film is told from the woman's subjective viewpoint, in five chapters across five years.

Berrached worked intuitively and left plenty of room for improvisation, hoping to get as much authenticity as possible from her actors. The script draws on the life of Ziad Jarrah, a pilot in the 11 September attacks, without naming him. The film joined the programme of the 71st Berlin International Film Festival in 2021 and opened in German cinemas on 12 August 2021.

DirectorAnne Zohra Berrached

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Özay Fecht Özay Fecht Actor · 72 years old Canan Kir Roger Azar Jana Julia Roth Ceci Chuh

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History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

The film's most striking choice is to tell a story of radicalisation, usually seen through the perpetrator, from the viewpoint of the woman beside him. Aslı, a student of German-Turkish background, is caught between wanting to prove herself, her family's expectations and her love, a three-way tension that echoes familiar dilemmas of young women from migrant families in Germany. Drawing on the life of Ziad Jarrah, one of the pilots in the 11 September attacks, ties the film to the human background of a real historical catastrophe. Dialogue that moves between German, English, Arabic and Turkish also mirrors the everyday reality of multicultural Europe.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Five chapters spread over five years and a strictly subjective female viewpoint are the two decisions that shape the film's dramatic architecture. The choice lends itself to a strong effect: the audience knows no more than Aslı does, and the radicalisation is built to reach us in fragments, just as it reaches her. But the same decision draws a limit, since the causes of Saeed's transformation are bound to stay largely in the dark. Berrached's generous room for improvisation aims to give the performances authenticity, yet across roughly two hours that freedom can produce loosely paced scenes in some chapters. The balance between editorial discipline and naturalness is the real question when judging the film.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humour and heart.

The subject is heavy: it starts as a love story but leads to radicalisation and a catastrophe on a worldwide scale. It is not suitable for young children. A marriage the family opposes and a life kept secret leave plenty for parents watching with grown-up children to talk about. Still, this is a film to think about rather than to be entertained by; anyone after a relaxed family evening should pick something else.

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