Co-Pilot
Asli ( Canan Kir) is a Turkish/ German Muslim living in 1990s Hamburg. She leads a relaxed Westernised life as a medical student, a life which changes over a five year period after she meets a slightly more orthodox Arab Muslim Saeed (Roger Azar) who is Lebanese. She drinks and smokes and has non Muslim friends which he starts to disapprove of but the couple embark on a sexual relationship which finally leads to marriage. Only then does Asli start to realise that Saeed is more fundamental in his beliefs than she once realised. This film by German film maker Anne Zohra Berrached feels a little flawed halfway through as Saeed’s path towards piloting one of the planes during the 9/11 attacks is clearly defined for the audience to see, even though his erratic yet loving relationship with his wife remains steadfast. Would such a fundamental Muslim terrorist actually see his wife as his co pilot in life? especially one who smoked and drank withou...
