"Akin to life and death
Fatih Akin's latest film delves more into family relations than culture clashes, writes Stephanie Bunbury.
PEOPLE talk about filmmakers "finding their voice". Fatih Akin's voice is a roar. Born in Hamburg to Turkish parents, the coke-loving, night-living rock'n'roll animal of European cinema is not a particularly perfect craftsman. Head On, his film about two Turkish-Germans who meet in a psychiatric hospital after each of them has tried to commit suicide, was so crammed with issues, ideas and plot elements it sometimes seemed as mad as its two central characters. "Slow down, Fatih!" you wanted to say. "They will let you make another film; save something for later!""
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