BEYOND PUNISHMENT

by Hubertus Siegert
  • © Mathias Bothor
  • © Mathias Bothor | Piffl Medien GmbH
  • © Mathias Bothor | Piffl Medien GmbH
  • © Mathias Bothor | Piffl Medien

    Synopsis

    Freedom is, what you do with what has been done to you.
    Three different countries and one case of deadly violent each.
    Three men who have killed and three families who have lost a beloved one.
    In our standard idea of guild and punishment this means three who get punished and three who are meant to forget. No way to imagine the two sides will ever get closer. The film documents three times the impossible: To meet your enemy, in thoughts, in messages, in real life. A film that changes our idea of guild and punishment.

    Festivals

    Max-Ophüls-Preis, Saarbrücken – Best Documentary
    LOLA@Berlinale, shortlisted for German Film Award