I was searching to find info on this film that I saw at the SF Intl Film Fest some years ago and then I saw that there was one review that was very negative and I felt compelled to contradict that review in the extreme.
This film was WONDERFUL. The director was in attendance and explained how it took 10 years to make it, as there were a lot of obstacles to making a film at the Frankfurt Airport, which operates like a city.
Because all the characters were from all over the world, despite it being a "German" film, it's all in English. The director explained how getting help from Lufthansa to do this, he described it as a cleaning crew girl aspiring to become a flight attendant, and a maintenance man aspiring to become a pilot and a love story ensues...and while that is all "technically" correct -- this film while imbued with great wit and humor is a MUCH deeper expose on an underground life and culture of people trying to escape impoverished homelands in a 1st world country. And some of the dangers of living underground in the Frankfurt Airport.
There is a massive 'ode to Bollywood' scene that is wonderful and took a lot of budget -- it's a brilliant film that was worthy of much wider recognition and as you can, see, (as I'm writing this in 2013, 8-9 years after I saw it) what a positive impression it made and what a good feeling I had as I left the theater. I'd recommend this to any film goer as a wonderful film with lots of fun characters, and a mixture of pathos, humor and exposing of some deeper issues.
This film was WONDERFUL. The director was in attendance and explained how it took 10 years to make it, as there were a lot of obstacles to making a film at the Frankfurt Airport, which operates like a city.
Because all the characters were from all over the world, despite it being a "German" film, it's all in English. The director explained how getting help from Lufthansa to do this, he described it as a cleaning crew girl aspiring to become a flight attendant, and a maintenance man aspiring to become a pilot and a love story ensues...and while that is all "technically" correct -- this film while imbued with great wit and humor is a MUCH deeper expose on an underground life and culture of people trying to escape impoverished homelands in a 1st world country. And some of the dangers of living underground in the Frankfurt Airport.
There is a massive 'ode to Bollywood' scene that is wonderful and took a lot of budget -- it's a brilliant film that was worthy of much wider recognition and as you can, see, (as I'm writing this in 2013, 8-9 years after I saw it) what a positive impression it made and what a good feeling I had as I left the theater. I'd recommend this to any film goer as a wonderful film with lots of fun characters, and a mixture of pathos, humor and exposing of some deeper issues.