Otomo

Credits

Name: Otomo

Country: Deutschland

Year of publication: 1999

Format: 35 mm

Language : dt. Fassung

Duration: 85 Minuten

Direction: Schlaich, Frieder

Screenplay: Pohl, Klaus

Camera: Tittel, Volker

Editing: Rokob, Magdolna

Actor: de Bankolé, Isaach; Mattes, Eva; Friedrich, Hanno; Metschurat, Barnaby; Kugler, Lara; Burkholder, Siegrid

Abstract

Otomo is based on a true story of the West African asylum seeker Albert Ament. In the film he is called Frederic Otomo. On 8 August 1989 he was falsely accused of not having a ticket on a Stuttgart tram. In his panic he escaped and fled. When police confronted him on a bridge just a few hours later, it led to a catastrophic outcome. The film attempts to reconstruct what happened in the hours beforehand. This fictionalised account takes a hard-hitting look at the bleak reality of refugees and at structural racism in Germany.