In his new work "Was von der Liebe bleibt", the Indo-German filmmaker Kanwal Sethi examines the complex subject of the victims of the NSU. As he puts it in a director's statement, the film speaks "of the institutional, systemic racism that is faceless and firmly anchored at the very heart of society".
The starting point was anger at the discriminatory conduct of the authorities, who posthumously criminalised the victims of the NSU crimes, and the grief of the bereaved families.
"Was von der Liebe bleibt" is a fictional story:
Ilyas (Serkan Kaya) and Yasemin (Seyneb Saleh) have been a couple for fifteen years. Then something terrible happens: out of nowhere, Yasemin is shot dead by unknown attackers during an assault on her café. Ilyas's life, and that of their daughter Senna (Amira Demirkiran), is thrown into turmoil.
Ilyas loses all certainty when he himself falls under police suspicion and Yasemin is accused of leading a double life, of having supported the banned PKK. The police investigate, yet provide no answers.
The longer these suspicions persist, the more Ilyas asks himself: was Yasemin really the woman he loved?
What remains of love?
Director: Kanwal Sethi
Starring Serkan Kaya, Seyneb Saleh, Amira Demirkiran
Production: Rohfilm Productions GmbH Casting: Ulrike Müller & Beate Kurecki