‘Pure gold’: between fact and myth

‘Pure gold’

Address Fatih Akin

interpreters Emilio Sakraya, Kardo Razzazi, Sogol Faghani, Karim Gunes

Year 2022

premiere February 10, 2023

★★★

It’s hard to know how much truth is inside autobiographical book by german rapper xatar published in 2015 but in any case, this biography based on it looks more like this: a hip hop opera It is designed more about facts than myth. Manager Fatih Akin He examines the musician’s life from his birth in an Iranian village in a cave full of bats to his triumph in the record industry, while recreating his father’s abandonment, street relationships and violence, and links to the Kurdish mafia in the Netherlands. the strange theft of kilos and kilos of tooth goldMonths of torture in a Syrian prison and recording an album from a cell under a blanket.

In the process, ‘Pure Gold’ attributes its dramatic effectiveness to the incredible capacity of the plot, as it brings together material specific to heist movies, coming-of-age dramas and redemption stories, and embellishing them all with a touch of comedy. Akın tells the story of Xatar. only competently; Here his work is on display a clear lack of creativity and a lack of interest in keeping conversations and situations clichéd. Considering the bad reactions he received in the film, which is undoubtedly his most risky film, “The Saint Pauli Monster” (2019) now makes sense that he tried to rehabilitate himself through a work that was no doubt entertaining as it was traditional.