Culture clash movies are practically a genre in themselves. They can subvert every known genre in moviedom and turn its conventions upside down, making it a culture clash movie instead. Wasn’t „King Kong“ one of the first culture clash movies? From high drama to absurdist comedy, from harsh documentary to psychologically nuanced auteur cinema to roaring blockbuster, the culture clash movie tells us a lot about human experience and the bond we all share. Some of them are, of course, heavy on cliché, but the good ones don’t have to rely on that. A culture clash doesn’t have to turn into a culture war either. Anyone for a „remix“?

• USA, 1970
• Directed by Elliot Silverstein
• Casting: Richard Harris, Judith Anderson
• 114 min
• OV with French subtitles
• Suitable for ages 16+

EN – This is the story of an English aristocrat captured by the Sioux people and how his attitude towards the tribe’s culture changes from aloofness to respect, culminating in a gory initiation rite that has the audience literally on tenterhooks.

DE – Die Geschichte eines englischen Aristokraten, der vom Volk der Sioux gefangen genommen wird und nach und nach seine hochnäsige Attitüde gegen Respekt und Achtung austauscht, mit einer blutigen Initiationsszene, die das Publikum so schnell nicht loslässt.

FR – Un aristocrate anglais se fait capturer par le peuple sioux. Son attitude d’homme blanc finit par faire place à un regard plus nuancé, respectueux, pour finalement culminer dans une scène d’initiation qui laisse le public pantois.