Christian Petzold’s “Undine,” for which Paula Beer won the Silver Bear for best actress at the Berlin Film Festival, has won the Arab Critics’ Award for European Films.
Petzold received the award virtually at the Cairo Film Festival, which is running physically until Thursday.The award, which was launched by European Film Promotion and Arab Cinema Center last year, was voted for by 56 film critics from 14 Arab countries.
Twenty-two European films had been nominated by the European film institutions that comprise Efp.The film, which plays as part of Cairo’s official selection, centers on Undine, who works as a historian and lecturer in urban development in Berlin.
When the man she loves leaves her, the myth of Undine haunts her.In the myth, the water spirit Undine can only lead an earthly life and attain a soul through the love of a human being.
When her lover betrays her,
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