Directed by:
Bora DagtekinComposer:
Michael BeckmannCast:
Josefine Preuß, Elyas M'Barek, Anna Stieblich, Pegah Ferydoni, Sonja Gerhardt, Katja Riemann, Günther Kaufmann, Annette Strasser, Arnel Taci, Eugen Bauder (more)Plots(1)
Lena Schneider doesn't have it easy. Frustrated by her life and "traumatized" by an anti-authoritarian upbringing, she is compelled by her mother Doris, a psychotherapist and teenage wannabe, to vacation in Southeast Asia. Her worst fear comes true during her flight - she is seated next to Cem Öztürk, a walking bundle of testosterone. It's a clash of German emancipation and Turkish machismo. As if it couldn't get any worse, their plane makes an emergency water landing. Lena now finds herself stranded on a deserted island with Cem, his devoutly religious sister Yagmur and a stuttering Greek, Costa. While they come to blows in this paradise, at a hotel Doris meets Metin Öztürk, the conventional-bourgeois father who is also in search for his children. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Josefine Preuß
East Germany
Best movies:
Das Adlon. Eine Familiensaga (2013) (series)
Jargo (2004)
Forwards Ever! (2017)
Elyas M'Barek
West Germany
Best movies:
The Wave (2008)
Time You Change (2010)
Who Am I - No System Is Safe (2014)
Anna Stieblich
West Germany
Best movies:
Lessons of a Dream (2011)
Wolves of Berlin (2009) (series)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Pegah Ferydoni
Iran
Best movies:
Isi & Ossi (2020)
Women Without Men (2009)
A Dysfunctional Cat (2018)
Sonja Gerhardt
West Germany
Best movies:
Ku'damm 56 (2016) (series)
Ku'damm 59 (2018) (series)
Ku'damm 63 (2021) (series)
Katja Riemann
West Germany
Best movies:
Comedian Harmonists (1997)
Bandits (1997)
The Foster Boy (2011)
Günther Kaufmann
Germany
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
Annette Strasser
West Germany
Best movies:
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Turkish for Beginners (2012)
Arnel Taci
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Head Full of Honey (2014)
Sein letztes Rennen (2013)
Tough Enough (2006)
Eugen Bauder
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Fucking Berlin (2016)
Zum Teufel mit der Wahrheit! (2015) (TV movie)
Turkish for Beginners (2012)
Adnan Maral
Turkey
Best movies:
Unknown (2011)
Kebab Connection (2004)
Faraway (2023)
Gabi Bauer
Germany
Best movies:
Turkish for Beginners (2012)
Gigi Velicitat
Best movies:
Tsunami: The Aftermath (2006) (TV movie)
Patong Girl (2014)
Mayhem! (2023)
Sina Bianca Hentschel
West Germany
Best movies:
Plan A (2021)
Turkish for Beginners (2012)
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Frederick Lau
West Germany
Best movies:
The Wave (2008)
The Captain (2017)
My Brother Simple (2017)