Anger over plane crash film release

CINEMAGOERS have pointed out the disturbing similarities between the newly released film Wild Tales and the Germanwings air crash.

CINEMAGOERS have pointed out the disturbing similarities between the newly released film Wild Tales and the Germanwings air crash.

Produced by Pedro Almodovar, the Argentinian film — billed as a a black comedy — opens with a sequence in which a pilot deliberately crashes a plane full of passengers.

In one chilling scene, a terrified passenger tries to break down the cockpit door to gain access to the plane’s controls.

Terrifying scene ... a character in the film tries to break down the cockpit door.

The film, which was released in Britain last Friday, was screened in Germany last year.

Some have questioned whether the film had an effect on the actions of Andreas Lubitz, the Germanwings co-pilot who crashed an Airbus plane into the French Alps, killing 150 people.

Pedro Almodovar's Wild Tales. Crazy. Intense. But I wonder/worry whether the #Germanwings co-pilot watched it before the flight.

— Tim Weber (@tim_weber) March 27, 2015

Others took to Twitter to point out that the idea that Lubitz had watched the film was pure speculation, but that the decision to release the film after the crash was bad timing.

The film — described by one critic as a “a ferociously dark, hilarious ride” — comprises six stories about revenge.

The similarities between the #GermanWings crash & the scene @ Damian Szifron's movie, "Wild Tales" is mind boggling! https://t.co/aiHBBjDWbD

— Sarp Yelkencioğlu (@sarponline) March 27, 2015

In the first, the man gathers passengers together on a flight to tell them that they have wronged him. The passengers include a lover who jilted him and a colleague who gave him a hard time at work.

Once the passengers realise they are connected, the man locks himself in the cockpit and crashes the plane into his parents’ house.

The film was nominated for the Palm d’Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and an Academy Award at this year’s ceremony.

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