Katja (Diane Kruger) marries Kurdish immigrant former imprisoned drug dealer Nuri Sekerci. They live a regular life with their son Rocco. Katja is devastated when her husband and son are killed by a bomb placed outside his office where she recalls a blonde girl had earlier locked up a bicycle. She suspects Nazis and falls back into her drug habits. The police suspects that Nuri had continued his drug dealings which led to the bombing.This premise allows for a few different avenues of drama. This movie takes one of the lesser dramatic routes. It does allow Kruger to do some emotional acting. She's devastated, she's crying, she's drugged up, she's suicidal, she's angry, and she's defiant. She gets to play with all the best pieces. The trial isn't that compelling and the verdict is problematic for a non-jury trial. Quite frankly, the story would be more compelling without the trial and go straight into the third act. She doesn't have a good plan and stumbles into the situation. At the hotel, she basically has no plan at all. Even if the couple is in the hotel, she has no plan to deal with them. The story needs to hype up the tension by going to the dark side. She can still have her doubts and her reversals but it needs to start at a higher level. Overall, Kruger is able to match the requirements of her role but the plot pulls a few of its punches.

Acting was A+, Human emotion was A+ but do not mix who is who with what is what for that F-. Kurds are not Turks. If you read Greek history for the past 600 years, you know what is what. Bringing in the Nazis in this is just a way to distort viewers perception of what is evil.

No, Diane Kruger did not win the Oscar for this film but She should have. Funny thing happened on the way to the Oscars. They forgot to even nominate Her. Great Year for lead actresses but I think She gave the best performance.

5/1/18. Fortunately the movie was dubbed, otherwise it would be difficult to watch with subtitles. Kruger did a good job as a woman bent on revenge. However, her emotional issues were just too much to handle, which explains the ending.