Auf der anderen Seite (2007)

Actors: Fatih Akin (director), Hanna Schygulla (actress), Fatih Akin (writer), Fatih Akin (producer), Lars Rudolph (actor), Tuncel Kurtiz (actor), Idil Üner (actress), Andrew Bird (editor), Güven Kiraç (actor), Turgay Tanülkü (actor), Erkan Can (actor), Jeanette Würl (producer), Nejat Isler (actor), Klaus Maeck (producer), Katrin Aschendorf (costume designer),

Plot: 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.

Keywords: accidental-death, accidental-shooting, arrest, bookstore, chapter-headings, child-uses-gun, coffin, death, european-union, face-slap
Genres: Drama,

Quotes:

story: After telling the story of Abraham that was willing to sacrifice his son, Ismael, to show God his obedience. Before Abraham could slay his son God sent a lamb to sacrifice instead.::Nejat Aksu: I asked my dad if he would have sacrificed me as well.::Susanne Staub: And what did he say?::Nejat Aksu: That he would even make an enemy of God to protect me.