Disguised in priest’s clothes, a man after a violent drug transaction lands up in a small, isolated border town. Acting as a priest in the community provokes a struggle in search of his real identity.
The director succeeds convincingly in telling the story as a parable of the recurrent choice in life between good and bad as a conflict between progress and tradition. The composition of music and images leads to an excellent aesthetical experience.
41st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
30.06.2006 to 08.07.2006
Karlovy Vary
The Ecumenical Jury Karlovy Vary 2006, from left: Milos Rejchrt, Jan Eliáš, Jos Hormenas, Elena Dulgheru, Kai Vogtländer, Julia Laggner
Awards
Das Schicksal
Directed by:
2005
Goodbye Life
Directed by:
2006
The jury awards a Commendation to the film Shab Bekheir Farmandeh (Goodbye Life) for the pacifist message and for the convincing way in which it emphasises the communitary spirit, the power of sacrifice and the love for the strangers, which rest unalterated in the most cruel conditions of war.
