Film Analysis: Kebab Connection PDF

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Jessica Salgado Kebab Connection “Kebab Connection” (2004) directed by Anno Saul is a German-Turkish comedy film that discusses the relationship between Ibo, a Turkish man, and Titzi, a German woman, and their journey throughout her pregnancy and their marriage as a whole. This is considered to be a formalist film because the raw material is manipulated and it’s a subjective presentation of reality. There is also an emphasis on technique and expressiveness rather than objective content and we can see this being shown through the animations that are displayed. Animations are used to add “flavor” and it’s what makes this film unique. This film is not entirely fictional because the plot can occur in real life, which makes this film slightly classicism as well. There was an intersection between conflict and comedy that relieved the tension during the nerve-racking scenes. The comedy aspect was used as a way to lighten the mood so the audience wouldn’t view it as too intense. There were obvious scenes where the director added comedic relief, such as the scene where the restaurant makes an advertisement after the gangsters go to the wedding and a fight breaks out. The audience initially assumed that it was a normal fight scene but in the end, it makes it funnier than the fight scene was being used as an advertisement. Culture and gender differences are presented throughout the film between the Turkish and German families. A stereotype that I noticed was when Titzi’s mother said “ever seen a Turkish guy with a baby carriage/” implying that only women in her culture are seen taking care of their baby like that. Another example of cultural difference was between the Turkish restaurant and the Greek restaurant. The two families had competing restaurants across from each other and they would bash the other’s food even though they were pretty similar. I thought this was made to be humorous because they were trying to “chew out” the opposite culture without realizing that they were almost the same. Due to stereotypes and cultural differences, Ibo’s father did not want Ibo to intermarry with a German woman; but to go back further, Ibo’s father was angry when he found out that Ibo got Titzi pregnant. We see a change between the relationship of the father and Ibo at this moment because Ibo is kicked out of the house. This scene was pretty intense but after the father crashes his car trying to yell at Ibo, we see that the director wanted to add humor to relieve the audience’s stress. After some time, we see the father’s character change and his relationship with

Ibo redevelop. Ibo’s father starts to ease up on him once he sees Titzi and helps her at the grocery store and also when she is going into labor. In the end, Ibo and Titzi relationship turned out to be more acceptable between their cultures. The film tried to make an analysis on societal views and add commentary on better attitudes towards relationships and marriages between different cultures....