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Completed - GERMAN, ALBANIAN - Drama - 121 minutes

Log Line

A chemical engineer feeling discriminated against and bullied at work, plunges into an identity crisis.

Previous markets

  • Sundance 2020 (Premiere)
  • Berlin EFM 2020 (Line up)
  • Red Sea 2020 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2020

Director(s) : Visar MORINA
Cast : Mišel MATIČEVIČ, Sandra HULLER

Synopsis

Xhafer, a 45 year old, Kosovo-born pharmaceutical engineer living in Germany suddenly feels discriminated against and bullied at work because of his ethnic background. When Xhafer finds a dead rat hanging from the gate in front of his home, it is immediately clear to him that his racist colleagues could be behind it. Every occurrence, every word, every gesture is taken as evidence. Xhafer's uneasiness grows every day. His German wife Nora is tired of him playing the racism card all the time. Do his colleagues simply dislike him? Or is there more to their hostility? Is this all in his mind or is it the actual reality?

Production

Country(ies) : GERMANY, BELGIUM, KOSOVO

Festivals and Awards

Sundance Film Festival 2020 World Cinema Dramatic Competition
Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2020 Panorama
Red Sea IFF 2020 Official Competition


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