Berlin-based helmer Ameer Fakher Eldin, who was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, to Syrian parents from the Golan Heights, is in the Berlinale competition with “Yunan,” the story of a prominent Arab author Munir, who is living in exile in Berlin and going through some heavy inner turmoil.
Burdened by “an unforgettable past and an unidentifiable future,” as the director puts it, Munir embarks on a journey to a remote island to contemplate suicide. There, he meets a wise elderly woman named Vaselka, played by German cinema icon Hanna Schygulla, whose simple acts of kindness rekindle his desire to live.
“Yunan” is the second film in Fakher Eldin’s planned
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