Drama
The fragile lives of six people connect on emotional voyages toward forgiveness and reconciliation in Germany and Turkey. Nejat disapproves of his widower father Ali's choice of prostitute Yeter for a live-in girlfriend. But changes his mind when he discovers she sends money home to Turkey for her daughter's education. Yeter's sudden death distances father and son. Nejat travels to Istanbul to find Yeter's daughter Ayten. However, political activist Ayten is already in Germany, having to flee the Turkish police. There, she meets Lotte who invites rebellious Ayten to stay in her home, a gesture not pleasing to her conservative mother. When Ayten is eventually arrested, she is deported and imprisoned in Turkey. Lotte travels to Turkey, where she gets caught up in the seemingly hopeless situation of freeing Ayten.
Cast: Tuncel Kurtiz, Hanna Schygulla, Patrycia Ziolkowska, Baki Davrak, Nurgul Yesilcay
Produced by: Fatih Akin
Directed by: Fatih Akin
Written by: Fatih Akin
Running time: 2hr 2min
Opens: May 21, 2008 NY
