Dubai International Film Festival 2008

Ali, a retired Turkish widower, lives in Germany with his son, Nejat, a university lecturer. Ali takes in Yeter, a Turkish woman. When she dies, Nejat goes to Turkey to find Yeter’s daughter, Ayten, a political activist, but she has fled to Germany. There, she lives with Lotte, whose mother Susanne disapproves. Istanbul calls Ayten, Lotte and Susanne in turn. From the gifted director of Head-On, this is an elegy on death, new beginnings, the mystery of interwoven lives and the longing for home. It won the Best Screenplay award at Cannes 2007.

• Director(s) : 

  Robert Thalheim

  ROBERT THALHEIM was born in 1974 in Berlin, where he still lives. After making a television documentary and working as an assistant director at the Berliner Ensemble Theatre, he read New German Literature, History and Politics at the Freie Universität Berlin and then studied directing at the Potsdam Babelsberg film school. He followed the shorts Zeit ist leben, Granica, Three Percent and ICH with his debut feature, Netto (2005), which won a Jury prize at the Berlin International Film Festival, amongst other awards.

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• Running Time :   122 mins

• Country :   Germany

• Programme :   The Cultural Bridge, The Dubai Gala Screenings

• Venue :   Madinat Arena, Madinat Arena, Grand Cineplex 9

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