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How Fatih Akin Breathed Life Into San Sebastian’s Haunting Opener ‘Ghost Song’

Written and edited by the WorldPing NewsdeskPublished Updated Original reporting: Hollywood Reporter

What happened

The film — heavily influenced by the award-winning director's relationship with anime and manga — follows two students whose love-at-first-sight connection is cut abruptly short when one of them dies.

Key facts

  • The film — heavily influenced by the award-winning director's relationship with anime and manga — follows two students whose love-at-first-sight connection is cut abruptly short when one of them dies.
  • Reported by Hollywood Reporter and published Fri, 18 Sep 2026 11:00:00 UTC.

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  1. How Fatih Akin Breathed Life Into San Sebastian’s Haunting Opener ‘Ghost Song’

  2. Fatih Akin On How A Period Of Professional Crisis Inspired His Paranormal Love Story ‘Ghost Song’ — San Sebastian

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