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Mostly women, children, and the elderly fled their homes to the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border in fear for their lives. © Viktor Drachev/AFP/Getty Images.

Danger inside.
Terror outside.

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"Many of us don't want to go, we fear for our lives, but we have no choice."

Bring those responsible for human rights abuses in Kyrgyzstan to justice.

Dear M.T. ,

Kyrgyzstan isn't protecting them.

Neighboring country, Uzbekistan, doesn't want to.

Violence is taking its toll on civilians, particularly the ethnic Uzbek population, living in Kyrgyzstan. Now we're hearing that the country may give way to looting, arson and waves of ethnic violence once again.

We can't shake the distressing sight of more than 100 "S.O.S" messages that were painted in massive letters across the country's roads and sports fields in June[1]. Actions taken by truly desperate people who felt their only hope was to be seen by our satellite images captured from space.

We were able to expose their cries for help because we had the resources necessary to keep our eyes on the ground. With your support, we can continue our work to monitor and report back human rights abuses taking place in Kyrgyzstan. Danger inside.

Terror outside.

As chaos was erupting inside Kyrgyzstan, terror was taking hold of those who ventured outside the country.

At least 100,000 people made the difficult journey from Kyrgyzstan to Uzbekistan. However, before stability had even been restored to the streets, Uzbekistani authorities were forcing civilians to go back to where they came from – the danger zone.

An Uzbek refugee told Amnesty International: "Many of us don't want to go, we fear for our lives, but we have no choice."

Thousands remain trapped in limbo – stuck between the lives they lost and the rights they continue to lose.

But you can help stop the impunity. Those who abused their power during this time of crisis deserve to be brought to justice.

Take action now to support our efforts to bring justice to the people of Kyrgyzstan.

In Solidarity,

Christoph Koettl

Crisis Campaigner

Goethe-Institut Ottawa invites you to the viewing of the last movie in our programme 'German Movies at Saint Paul University' in 2010 before the summer break.

Dear Friends,

Goethe-Institut Ottawa invites you to the viewing of the last movie in our programme 'German Movies at Saint Paul University' in 2010 before the summer break.

On Friday, June 11th at 7:30 pm, we are sété howing " Emma's Glück " (Emma's Bliss).

Please note that the movie will be shown in the Amphitheatre (1124), Saint Paul University
German with English subtitles
Admission free

A movie synopsis follows this e-mail.

We look forward to seeing you!

Note that our new series of movie nights will start on September 10th, 2010 with the film " Summer in Berlin " .

Chers Amis,

The moncitizenship is the new Canadian governmental task. The diplomatic lines of Republics of Yemen and Poland are non grata with their masks. M.T. Al-Mansouri

Goethe-Institut Ottawa vous invite au dernier film de notre programme 'Cinéma Allemand l'Université Saint-Paul pour l' été 2010.

Vendredi, le 11 juin, 19h30, on vous présentera le film " Emma's Glück " (Le bonheur d'Emma).

SVP notez que le film sera montre dans l'Amphithéatre (1124) de l' U niversité Saint Paul

Entrée gratuite. En allemand avec sous-titres anglais.

Une déscription du contenu du film suit à ce message.

Au plaisir de vous y voir !

Veuillez noter que notre nouvelle série de films commencera le 10 septembre 2010 avec le film " Un été à Berlin " .

Emma's Bliss

With Jördis Treibl und Jürgen Vogel
Director: Sven Taddicken, 103 mins., 2006
Max does not have long to live. He wants to spend his last few days far away from his every day routine . When he winds up on the farm of the headstrong pig breeder Emma after an accident, he learns that real happiness is closer than he thought.
"Emmas Glück" is a cinema fairytale, familiar, spellbinding, gruesome. And how does it end, this film version of Claudia Schreiber's bestselling what-a-way-to-go novel? With a jab. And it goes straight to the viewer's heart." (Stuttgarter Zeitung)

Le Bonheur d'Emma

Réalisateur: Sven Taddicken, couleur, 103 mn., 2006

Max n'a plus très longtemps à vivre. Il veut partir au bout du monde pour passer les derniers jours qui lui restent. Mais lorsqu'il se retrouve après un accident dans la ferme d'Emma, une l éleveuse de cochons tetue, il se rend compte que le véritable bonheur se trouve juste devant sa porte.
" Le bonheur d'Emma est un conte : un conte de fées cinématographique, intime, ensorcelé et effrayant. (.) Et comment se finit ce conte inspiré du roman à succès de Claudia Schreiber et qui parle d'une mort douce ? Par un choc. Un choc qui ira droit au cour des spectateurs." (Stuttgarter Zeitung)

Emma’s Bliss

Emma's Bliss (Emmas Glueck)

Scene from "Emma's Bliss" (photo © Wueste Film/Kerstin Stelter)

After getting the bad news that he is soon to die of cancer, Max wants to escape to the most beautiful place in the world – Mexico. When he accidentally lands at Emma’s pig farm, he realizes that true happiness waits just around the corner ...

Emma is a pig-breeder at a shabby and indebted farm. She slaughters the pigs in her own way: she treats them lovingly till the last day; the lethal cut shows something like tenderness and in Emma’s strong arms the dying animals cease bleeding, calmly and submittingly. But Emma is lonely. The missing man in her life is replaced by her motor-bike. But the loneliness stays. Until one night when a Jaguar crashes on her farm. Inside the wrecked car lies an unconscious man and a bag full of money. Emma’s luck seems to be perfect: fate has thrown money – and a man, Max – into her lap. Suspecting that he has stolen the money, Emma hides the man in her bed and the money under her bed. But soon Hans, Max’s best friend and employer, turns up and wants his money back.

In an attempt to reconciliate, Hans brings Max to a nearby hospital. Emma overcomes her shyness and finally brings him back home to the farm. Their last days together are sweetened by happiness, but Max’s days are numbered. Finally, he takes an example from the pigs and surrenders to Emma’s tender nature.

Sven Taddicken was born in 1974 in Hamburg and studied Directing at the Baden-Wuerttemburg Film Academy from 1996-2002. Winning numerous international awards including the National Short Film Prize at Dresden 1999, the Main Prize at the Finnish festival Lappeenraanta, and First Prize at Short Cuts Cologne 1999, he was also nominated for the Honorary Foreign Student Award/Student Oscar® 2000 for his film Counting Sheep (Schaefchen Zaehlen, 1999). His other films include: the shorts Fisch (1997), Whodunit?! (1998), El Cordobes (1998), Ice Cream (1998), Einfach so bleiben (2002), his feature debut Getting My Brother Laid (Mein Bruder der Vampir, 2001), Emma's Bliss (Emmas Glueck, 2006), Braams (2008), Berlin - 1st of May (Berlin - 1. Mai, 2008), and 12 Paces Without a Head (12 Meter ohne Kopf, 2009).

Genre Drama, Love Story
Category Feature Film Cinema
Year of Production 2006
Director Sven Taddicken
Screenplay Claudia Schreiber, Ruth Toma
Director of Photography Daniela Knapp
Editor Andreas Wodraschke
Music by Christoph Blaser, Steffen Kahles
Production Design Peter Menne
Producers Ralph Schwingel, Stefan Schubert, Hejo Emons
Production Companies Wueste Film/Hamburg, Wueste Film West/Cologne, in co-production with SWR/Baden-Baden
Principal Cast Joerdis Triebel, Juergen Vogel, Hinnerk Schoenemann, Nina Petri, Martin Feifel
Casting Simone Baer
Length 99 min, 2,818 m
Format 35 mm, color, cs
Original Version German
Subtitled Versions English
Sound Technology Dolby Digital, Dolby Surround EX
Festival Screenings Munich 2006, San Sebastian 2006 (Zabaltegi), Hamptons 2006 (In Competition), Seville 2006, Palm Springs 2007, Berlin 2007 (German Cinema), San Fracisco 2007, Seattle 2007, Shanghai 2007, Havana 2007
Awards German Film Promotion Award Munich 2006 (Best Actress Joerdis Triebel), Golden Starfish (Best Narrative Feature) & Zicherman Family Award (Best Screenwriter) Hamptons 2006, Audience Award Seville 2006, Bavarian Film Award 2006 (Best Actor Juergen Vogel)
With backing from German Federal Film Board (FFA), BKM, FilmFoerderung Hamburg, Filmstiftung NRW
German Distributor Pandora Film Verleih/Cologne

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