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Blog/Filmography

Palermo oder Wolfsburg (Palermo or Wolfsburg)

With actors Nicola Zarbo, Otto Sander, Brigitte Tilg, and Ida Di Benedetto. Werner Schroeter’s Swiss/West German coproduction follows Nicola (Zarbo), an Italian immigrant who comes to West Germany looking for work. Despite his language difficulties, Nicola is quick to settle in and falls in love with a German girl, Brigitte (Tilg). When Brigitte leaves him, […]

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By Kumars Salehi
September 5, 2018
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Blog/Filmography

Nefesim Kisilene Kadar (Until I Lose My Breath)

With actors Esme Madra and Riza Akin. Nefesim Kisilene Kadar, director Emine Emel Balcı’s debut feature, follows Serap (Madra), a young Turkish girl who is forced to abandon her unsatisfying life working at a clothing factory and living with her sister and brother-in-law, moving in with her truck driver father (Akin), who needs more help […]

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By Kumars Salehi
September 5, 2018
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Min Dît (Before Your Eyes)

With actors Senay Orak, Muhammed Al and Berîvan Eminoglu. Two young Kurdish siblings living in Diyarbakir in Turkish Kurdistan, Gülîstan (Orak) and Firat (Al), are placed into the care of their activist aunt Yakbun (Eminoglu) after their parents are murdered in front of them by paramilitary gunmen. When Yakbun herself goes missing, the two children […]

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By Kumars Salehi
September 5, 2018
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Luks Glück (Luk’s Luck)

With actors René Vaziri and Sinan Bengier. A Turkish-German family is not only spoilt for choice but riven by it when young Luk wins the lottery. Things get harder, not easier, as entire family must decide what to do with the money. Links: IMDB, YouTube (Trailer) Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

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By Kumars Salehi
September 5, 2018
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Kückückskind (Cuckoo Kid)

With Ava Celik, Robert Alexander Baer, Natalia Wörner, and Siir Eloglu. Switched by accident at birth, Dominik Greve (Baer) and Ayse Güngör (Ava Celik) are reunited with their birth families for two weeks in an attempt to get to know each other. Stereotypes are drawn upon as cultures clash and the protagonists come to grow […]

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By Kumars Salehi
September 5, 2018
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Krüger aus Almanya (Krüger from Germany)

With actors Horst Krause, Karim Günes, and Anna Unterberger. Aired on German television by ARD, Krüger aus Almanya is the story of Paul Krüger (Krause), a xenophobic widower who used to be a stone mason in the GDR.  He is forced to confront his prejudice when he travels to Anatolia to talk his granddaughter Annie […]

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By Kumars Salehi
September 5, 2018
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