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The festival circus of Germany‘s big A-film festival is little less then a week away and it‘s been four days since the whole programme of this year‘s Berlinale was released. With almost 400 films the list of title‘s comprises of about as many films as the studio system blasted out annually during its golden age. For ten days Berlin‘s movie theatres will host films from around the globe, and since it is an absolute impossibility to get a grip on everything that will be shown I‘ve decided to be more than happy if by the end of the festival I‘ve gotten the gist of this list.

While some might welcome the sudden start of winter in Berlin I am already dreading the freezing cold while waiting in line at the accreditation’s counter only to find out that the films I‘ve carefully selected to watch are already out.

Reviewed by Amy R. Handler

(January 2011)

Directed/Written by: Feo Aladag

Starring: Sibel Kekilli, Nizam Schiller, Derya Alabora, Settar Tanriogen, Tamer Yigit, Serhad Can, Ufuk Bayraktar and Florian Lukas

“When We Leave” is a simple art-house drama that packs a huge sociopolitical wallop, one of those rare and tricky films in which all its component parts seem to work against each other but really move as fluidly as a well-oiled machine.

The plot is hardly a new one, though it is far reaching and, sadly, universal. A young Turkish woman named Umay (Siebel Kekilli) is forced to live with an abusive husband named Kemal (Ufuk Bayraktar) within the confines of an Old World culture. After one beating too many, Umay and her young son Cem (Nizam Schiller) board a plane to Germany and arrive at her parents’ front door. Unfortunately, life with her family is not as she hopes, and...

Reviewed by Amy R. Handler

(January 2011)

Directed/Written by: Feo Aladag

Starring: Sibel Kekilli, Nizam Schiller, Derya Alabora, Settar Tanriogen, Tamer Yigit, Serhad Can, Ufuk Bayraktar and Florian Lukas

“When We Leave” is a simple art-house drama that packs a huge sociopolitical wallop, one of those rare and tricky films in which all its component parts seem to work against each other but really move as fluidly as a well-oiled machine.

The plot is hardly a new one, though it is far reaching and, sadly, universal. A young Turkish woman named Umay (Siebel Kekilli) is forced to live with an abusive husband named Kemal (Ufuk Bayraktar) within the confines of an Old World culture. After one beating too many, Umay and her young son Cem (Nizam Schiller) board a plane to Germany and arrive at her parents’ front door. Unfortunately, life with her family is not as she hopes, and...