Summary:
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.
| Runtime: | 116 min |
|---|---|
| Production: | Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Countries: | Turkey, Germany, Italy |
| Languages: | English, German, Turkish |
| Home Release Date: | Oct 14, 2008 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Fatih Akin | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Fatih Akin | Writer |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Ali Akdeniz | Plainclothes Policeman May 1 |
| Aliye Alioglu | Old Woman In Camburnu |
| Asuman Altinay | |
| Baki Davrak | Nejat Aksu |
| Elcim Eroglu | Elcim |
| Emre Cosar | Cengiz |
| Erkan Can | Nejat's Cousin |
| Gengiz Daner | Gas Station Owner |
| Hanna Schygulla | Susanne Staub |
| Nurgül Yesilçay | |
| Nursel Köse | Yeter/Jessy |
| Onder Cakar | Riza Bey |
| Patrycia Ziolkowska | Charlotte 'Lotte' Staub |
| Sevilay Demirci | Nurhan |
| Tuncel Kurtiz | Ali Aksu |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Alberto Fanni | Co-Producer |
| Ali Akdeniz | Co-Producer |
| Andreas Thiel | Producer |
| Christian Springer | Line Producer |
| Erhan Ozogul | Co-Producer |
| Fatih Akin | Producer |
| Flaminio Zadra | Co-Producer |
| Funda Odemis | Co-Producer |
| Jeanette Würl | Producer |
| Klaus Maeck | Producer |
| Nevra Koçoglu | Supervising Producer |
| Paolo Colombo | Co-Producer |
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