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Beyond Words

  • 20172017
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  • 1h 25m
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5.9/10
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Jakub Gierszal in Beyond Words (2017)
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A young Polish-born, Berlin-based lawyer working on refugee cases is unexpectedly reunited with his father, who is his only tie left with his homeland.A young Polish-born, Berlin-based lawyer working on refugee cases is unexpectedly reunited with his father, who is his only tie left with his homeland.A young Polish-born, Berlin-based lawyer working on refugee cases is unexpectedly reunited with his father, who is his only tie left with his homeland.
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  • Director
    • Urszula Antoniak
  • Writer
    • Urszula Antoniak
  • Stars
    • Andrzej Chyra
    • Jakub Gierszal
    • Christian Löber
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  • Director
    • Urszula Antoniak
  • Writer
    • Urszula Antoniak
  • Stars
    • Andrzej Chyra
    • Jakub Gierszal
    • Christian Löber
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    • 4User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 7 nominations

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    Andrzej Chyra and Jakub Gierszal in Beyond Words (2017)
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    Andrzej Chyra and Jakub Gierszal in Beyond Words (2017)
    Christian Löber in Beyond Words (2017)
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    Christian Löber in Beyond Words (2017)
    Lennert Hillege and Urszula Antoniak in Beyond Words (2017)

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    Andrzej Chyra
    Andrzej Chyra
    • Stanislawas Stanislaw
    Jakub Gierszal
    Jakub Gierszal
    • Michaelas Michael
    Christian Löber
    Christian Löber
    • Franzas Franz
    Justyna Wasilewska
    Justyna Wasilewska
    • Alinaas Alina
    Matthew Burton
    Matthew Burton
    Martin Issa
    Vido Jelashe
    Kinga Kuczek
    Elzbieta Lojszczyk
    Paulo Luther Maria
    Mamadou Niang
    Evans Nierenz
    Zofia Pacholczyk
    Andreas Paolo Perger
    • Andreas Paolo Pergeras Andreas Paolo Perger
    Philip Wilhelmi
    • Younger clientas Younger client
    Malgorzata Krukowska
    • Erotic danceras Erotic dancer
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    8/10
    Me, German
    Summary:

    What happens to immigrants who, thanks to their appearance, seek to blend in with their adopted countries? This Polish-Dutch film offers us a look at these particular cases.

    Review:

    Michael (Jakub Gierszal) is a young Polish lawyer who works in an expensive Berlin law firm alongside his boss and friend Franz (Christian Löber). An unexpected meeting with his father, whom he considered dead (Andrzej Chyra) and recently arrived from Poland, will produce a crisis in him.

    Michael is tall, blond, with all the looks of a German. He has a very good time, he feels totally integrated into Berlin life and is very concerned about looking German and hiding his Polish origin from him. He is elegant and cold like the wonderful black and white photograph of Lennert Hillege in which the movie is shot. It is not by chance that the film begins with Michael sitting in a room in front of an African poet and potential client who requests to live in Germany, since the studio where he works sponsors immigrants for free. This immigrant, his reappeared father, whom he lodges in his house for a time in an attempt to get to know each other and Franz, constitute a game of mirrors that put his identity and a past and an origin in crisis that the protagonist wants to leave permanently behind after its new German facade.

    Urszula Antoniak's film will give us only some clues to that reunion and the motivations of that son and that father who emerged from nowhere. Jakub Gierszal performs a magnetic performance, endowing his character with nuances that go beyond his initial cold restraint. Perhaps some of Michael's behaviors do not feel entirely justified, but they are respectable decisions of the script, in a film that soberly interrogates us about competing identities and the particular case of immigrants who, thanks to their appearance, seek to blend in with the natives of your country of adoption.
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    • Release date
      • January 11, 2018 (Netherlands)
    • Countries of origin
      • Poland
      • Netherlands
      • France
    • Languages
      • Polish
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Beyond words. Más allá de las palabras
    • Filming locations
      • Berlin, Germany
    • Production companies
      • EC1 Lódz - Miasto Kultury
      • Eurimages
      • Family Affair Films
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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