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Completed - GERMAN - Drama - 97 minutes

Log Line

The educated Fariba Tabrizi flies from Teheran to Germany expecting to have asylum, since she is persecuted in Iran due to her lesbian relationship with her beloved Shirin.

Previous markets

  • Berlin EFM 2010 (Debut)
Full history

Year of production : 2005

Director(s) : Angelina MACCARONE
Writer(s) : Angelina MACCARONE, Judith KAUFMANN
Cast : Anneke Kim SARNAU, Hinnerk SCHÖNEMANN, Jasmin TABATABAI, Jens MÜNCHOW, Navid AKHAVAN, Simon SCHWARZ

Producer(s) : Markus FISCHER (Fischerfilm), Ulrike ZIMMERMANN (MMM Film GmbH)

Synopsis

Fariba, persecuted in Iran because of her love for another woman, assumes the identity of a man to gain temporary asylum in Germany. She takes an illegal factory job where fellow worker Anne takes an interest in the strange foreigner. As the two become close, Anne begins to suspect Fariba's true identity – and both women face danger when authorities tell Fariba she must return to Iran.
Stars Jasmin Tabatabai (BANDITS) and Anneke Kim Sarnau (THE CONSTANT GARDENER).
German w/some Persian.

Production

Country(ies) : GERMANY

Start of shooting : June 2004

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