French actor Tahar Rahim, star of Jacques Audiard’s Oscar-nominated A Prophet, will play the lead in
The Cut, the final entry in the famed Love, Death and the Devil trilogy from German director Fatih Akin that includes Berlinale Golden Bear winner Head-On (2004) and Cannes best screenplay winner The Edge of Heaven (2007).
While Head-On dealt with romance and Edge of Heaven with mortality, the conclusion of Akin’s trilogy will focus on the devil -- that is, the evil inherent in mankind.