2022 · history · drama · crime
Rhinegold
Directed by Fatih Akin2h 18m2022
Xatar’s way from the ghetto to the top of the charts is as dramatic as it is daring. From the hell of an Iraqi jail, Giwar Hajabi emigrated to Germany as a young boy with his family in the mid-1980s and has to start right at the bottom. There are opportunities, but far more obstacles. Giwar’s rise from petty criminal to major dealer is swift. Until one shipment goes missing. In order to clear his debts with the cartel, he plans a legendary gold heist. But just as everything goes wrong, another door opens for Giwar thanks to his passion for music …
Our read: Rhinegold (2022) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded history · drama · crime entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, extreme history / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
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