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Reise der Hoffnung
Switzerland/Turkey/United Kingdom
1990 Drama
1h 49min
Original language: Turkish, Italian
In a village in eastern Turkey, tales of the economic success of Turks in Switzerland inspire Haydar to convince his wife Meryem that they must go. He sells their livestock and small plot of land in exchange for passage for two. He wants to leave their seven children in the care of the eldest and his parents; his father advises him to take one son to be educated in Europe, as economic insurance. The three set off for Istanbul, Milan, and Switzerland, stowing away on a ship. At Lake Como, they pay the rest of their money to unprincipled men who abandon them at an Alpine pass before a blizzard. Father and son are separated from Meryem. Will anyone reach the land of promise?
Directed by | Xavier Koller |
Written by | Xavier Koller, Feride Çiçekoglu |
Starring
Necmettin Çobanoglu
Nur Sürer
Emin Sivas
Erdinç Akbas
Yaman Okay
Yasar Güner
Hseyin Mete
Yaman Tarcan
Selahattin Firat
Meryem Çaki
Mustafa
Mehmet
Fatma
Sükran
Zeynep
Elif
Mayor Abbas Manis
Yasar Kutbay
Kutay Köktürk
Mehmet Sugan
Ali Demirbas
Hasan Dündar
Sevim Metin
Saadet Türköz
Semiha Dicleli
Fritz Denoth
Theo Marti
Hansjörg Schneider
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