WHEN WE LEAVE
by Feo Aladag
synopsis
German-born Umay flees her oppressive marriage in Istanbul, taking her young son Cem with her. She is hoping to find a better life with her family in Berlin, but her unexpected arrival creates intense conflict.
| international title: | When We Leave |
| original title: | Die Fremde |
| country: | Germany |
| sales agent: | Telepool |
| year: | 2009 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Feo Aladag |
| film run: | 119' |
| release date: | DE 11/03/2010, FR 20/04/2011 |
| screenplay: | Feo Aladag |
| cast: | Sibel Kekilli, Nizam Schiller, Settar Tanrioegen, Derya Alabora, Tamer Yiğit, Florian Lukas, Serhad Can, Almila Bagriacik, Nursel Köse, Alwara Hoefels, Ufuk Bayraktar |
| cinematography by: | Judith Kaufmann |
| film editing: | Andrea Mertens |
| art director: | Silke Buhr |
| music: | Stéphane Moucha, Max Richter |
| producer: | Feo Aladag, Züli Aladag |
| production: | Independent Artists Filmproduktion, WDR Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg - RBB, ARTE France |
| backing: | German Federal Film Board (FFA), BKM, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Filmstiftung NRW, Kuratorium junger deutscher Film |
| distributor: | Delphi Film Verleih, Asociatia Culturala Macondo |
