Featuring an intensely haunting Franz Rogowski as a Belarusian man who joins the French Foreign Legion in order to obtain French – and thus European – citizenship, this atmospheric drama explores postcolonial aggression, petrochemical greed, and the hidden depths that can lurk within mercenaries.
The 73rd Berlin Film Festival (also known as Berlinale locally) has wrapped its 2023 run following two weeks of screenings, with a big ceremony again in Berlin on Saturday evening, announcing the winner of the Golden Bear (Goldener Bär) for Best Film. That top prize from this year was given to a French documentary titled