THE CUT
Fiction, 138 min, Germany / France / Poland / Turkey / Canada / Russia / Italy
Written by
Fatih Akin, Mardik Martin
Directed by
Fatih Akin
Cast
Tahar Rahim, Simon Abkarian, Makram J. Khoury, Hindi Zahra, Kevork Malikyan, Bartu Küçükçağlayan, Zein and Dina Fakhoury, Trine Dyrholm, Arsinée Khanjian, Akin Gazi, Shubham Saraf, George Georgiou, Arévik Martirossian, Lara Heller, Moritz Bleibtreu
Original language
English, Arabic, Turkish, Kurdish, Spanish
Genre
Drama
SYNOPSIS
Mardin, 1915: one night, the Turkish police round up all the Armenian men in the city, including the young blacksmith, Nazaret Manoogian, who is separated from his family. Years later, after managing to survive the horrors of the genocide, he hears that his two daugthers are also still alive. He becomes fixated on the idea of finding them and sets off to track them down. His search takes him from the Mesopotamian deserts and Havana to the barren and desolate prairies of North Dakota. On this odyssey, he encounters a range of very different people: angelic and kind-hearted characters, but also the devil incarnate.
Crew
Direction Fatih Akin Screenplay Fatih Akin, Mardik Martin Producer Fatih Akin Co-producers Karl Baumgartner, Reinhard Brundig, Fabienne Vonier, Francis Boespflug, Alberto Fanni, Valerio De Paolis, Ruben Dishdishyan, Aram Movsesyan, Laurette Bourassa, Doug Steeden, Piotr Dzieciol, Ewa Puszczyńska Executive Producers Nurhan Sekerci-porst, Flaminio Zadra Commissioning Editor for Ndr Christian Granderath Production Manager Marcus Loges Cinematography Rainer Klausmann (Bvk) Editing Andrew Bird Production Design Allan Starski Assistant Director Ralph Remstedt Casting Beatrice Kruger Costume Design katrin Aschendorf Make-up Waldemar Pokromski Music Alexander Hacke Sound Jean-paul Mugel
Production
Bombero International (Germany), Pandora Film Produktion (Germany), Dorje Film (Italy) Pyramide Productions (France), Opus Film (Poland), NDR (Germany), Corazón international (Germany), Mars Media Entertainment (Russia), Jordan Films (Jordania)
Supported by
France 3 Cinéma, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, German Federal Film Fund (DFFF), German Federal Film Board (FFA), Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Film- und Mediengesellschaft Niedersachsen/Bremen, Eurimages, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, FFA Minitraité, MEDIA Programme of the European Union -i2i Audiovisual, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée), Government of Alberta, Alberta Multimedia Development Fund, Polish Film Institute, The Government of Malta, Malta Film Commission, The Royal Film Commission Jordan
Italian Distributor
International Sales
FESTIVALS
71° Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica of Venice 2014
In competition
Vittorio Veneto Film Festival Award
Special Mention
Sofia International Film Festival 2015
In competition – Won the Audience Award Silver Sea-Gull
German Film Awards 2015
Nomination for  Best Costume Design, Best Makeup, Best Soundtrack
CrewÂ
Direction Fatih Akin Screenplay Fatih Akin, Mardik Martin Producer Fatih Akin Co-producers Karl Baumgartner, Reinhard Brundig, Fabienne Vonier, Francis Boespflug, Alberto Fanni, Valerio De Paolis, Ruben Dishdishyan, Aram Movsesyan, Laurette Bourassa, Doug Steeden, Piotr Dzieciol, Ewa Puszczyńska Executive Producers Nurhan Sekerci-porst, Flaminio Zadra Commissioning Editor for Ndr Christian Granderath Production Manager Marcus Loges Cinematography Rainer Klausmann (Bvk) Editing Andrew Bird Production Design Allan Starski Assistant Director Ralph Remstedt Casting Beatrice Kruger Costume Design katrin Aschendorf Make-up Waldemar Pokromski Music Alexander Hacke Sound Jean-paul Mugel
