In July
Time Out says
Basically an understated, shaggy-dog romantic comedy, and an inconsequential one at that, the film is played with near effortless assurance. Daniel (Bleibtreu) is a bespectacled Hamburg student teacher. A market vendor (Paul) sells him a lucky sun ring, which he soon matches with the image on the dress of a lovely Turkish tourist (Üner) he meets for the night. It's the holidays, so he decides to return the visit. En route to Turkey he picks up the same, now hitch-hiking street vendor; is picked up by a nutty Serbian woman trucker (Katic) and a Turkish driver (Kurtulus) with a body in his trunk; loses two cars, his wallet and passport, and gets the wrong side of several nations' border guards. The cast are extremely confident, and there's a winning soundtrack, fine photography and never a longueur.
Details
Release details
Rated:
15
Duration:
99 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
Fatih Akin
Screenwriter:
Fatih Akin
Cast:
Moritz Bleibtreu
Christiane Paul
Mehmet Kurtulus
Idil Üner
Jochen Nickel
Branka Katic
Birol Ünel
Sandra Borgmann
Fatih Akin
Christiane Paul
Mehmet Kurtulus
Idil Üner
Jochen Nickel
Branka Katic
Birol Ünel
Sandra Borgmann
Fatih Akin
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