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How to Watch
Includes Introduction by Director/Writer Ilker Çatak.
After a Kurdish gigolo and an airline pilot meet at a Turkish resort, their lives change in unexpected ways.
Given the opportunity to study and work in Germany, Baran (Ogulcan Arman Uslu) moves from a troubled past to a complicated present, with the prospect of a promising future not far from his grasp. Meanwhile, his mentor, Marion (Anne Ratte-Polle), bravely confronts unanticipated challenges. In his assured second feature, director-co-writer Ilker Çatak, a former Student Oscar-winner, boldly challenges stereotypes and expectations to create a touching humanist drama. Winner, Best Actress, Bavarian Film Awards; Best Actor, Best Screenplay, Film Fest München. “Çatak takes a familiar Green Card-style premise and invests it with a sensitivity to people and issues that cuts deeper than anticipated.” --Allan Hunter, Screen Daily (Alissa Simon)
Director Biography
Born in Berlin in 1984, Ilker Çatak is the director of numerous short films and the features Once Upon a Time… Indianerland (Es war einmal Indianerland) (2017), I Was, I Am, I Will Be (Es gilt das gesprochene wort) (2019) and the forthcoming Stambul Garden (Räuberhände) (2020).
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