Directed by : Fatih AKIN
Year of production : 2007 Country : GERMANY, TURKEY Length : 122 minutes
Award for Best Screenplay , 2007
Nejat seems disapproving about his widower father Ali's choice of prostitute
Yeter for a live-in girlfriend. But he grows fond of her when he discovers she
sends money home to Turkey for her daughter's university studies. Yeter's
sudden death distances father and son. Nejat travels to Istanbul to search for Yeter's daughter Ayten. Political activist Ayten has fled the Turkish police and is already in Germany. She is befriended by a young woman, Lotte, who invites rebellious Ayten to stay in her home, a gesture not particularly pleasing to her conservative mother Susanne. When Ayten is arrested and her asylum plea is denied, she is deported and imprisoned in Turkey. Lotte travels to Turkey,where she gets caught up in the seemingly hopeless situation of freeing Ayten.
Rainer KLAUSMANN - Cinematography
Tamo KUNZ - Set decorator
Sirma BRADLEY - Set decorator
SHANTEL - Music
Kai LÜDE - Sound
Fatih AKIN - Director
Fatih AKIN - Script / Dialogue
Andrew BIRD - Film Editor
Nurgül YESILCAY - AYTEN ÖZTÜRK
Nursel KÖSE - YETER ÖZTÜRK
Patrycia ZIOLKOWSKA - LOTTE STAUB
Baki DAVRAK - NEJAT AKSU
Hanna SCHYGULLA - SUSANNE STAUB
Tuncel KURTIZ - ALI AKSU
Film poster © DR
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