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Ken Loach's latest film, named after a poem by Robert Burns, is an entertaining story about forbidden love between the Pakistani secondgeneration immigrant Casim and the Irish catholic girl Raisin. Like several of Loach's latest films, it takes place in Glasgow (the home of Paul Laverty, his regular screenwriter since Carla's Song) and is somewhat like a Scottish version of Jalla! Jalla! When Loach, who has always been very political, talked about his film at the Berlin International Film Festival earlier this year, he said that he wanted to add depth to the media's image of Muslims in the Western World. Although arranged marriage is the film's main focus, he succeeds very well in
this respect. As usual, Loach has inspired both amateur actors and debutants to great achievements. Atta Yaqub is ideal as Casim, and the somewhat more experienced Eva Birthistle is equally convincing in her role as his forbidden girlfriend.
Without any moralizing, Loach has created a probing portrayal of multicultural relationships in a modern world. The Muslim family's traditions are never disparaged, but rather explored in a Western context. Ken Loach's sympathy is clearly with love. Ae Fond Kiss ... won both the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas in Berlin.

HYNEK PALLAS

Premiärstatus
Svensk premiär: Orig. titel
Ae Fond Kiss: Medverkande
Eva Birthisle, Atta Yaqub, Shamshad Akhtar: Producent
Ulrich Felsberg: Manus
Paul Laverty: Foto
Barry Ackroyd: Musik
George Fenton: Talat språk
English