Summary 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. However, her application is denied by the authorities and Fariba has to return to her home country. When her recent acquaintance Siamak, who is grieving the death of his brother, commits suicide, Fariba assumes his identity and status of political refugee and is sent to a refugee camp in a German village. Fariba finds an illegal work in a cabbage factory and she has many difficulties for not having bath with the other male workers. She becomes close to her colleague Anne and they fall in love for each other. However, prejudice and her illegal condition jeopardize her exile in Germany. View more details
Directed : Angelina Maccarone
Written : Judith Kaufmann Angelina Maccarone
Stars : Navid Navid Jasmin Tabatabai Bernd Tauber Mossadegh Hamid
Genres : Drama
Release date : Oct 19, 2005
Countries of origin : Germany Austria
Official sites : Sales Agent
Language : English German Russian Persian
Filming locations : Filderstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Production companies : Fischer Film MMM Film Zimmermann & Co.
Summary 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. However, her application is denied by the authorities and Fariba has to return to her home country. When her recent acquaintance Siamak, who is grieving the death of his brother, commits suicide, Fariba assumes his identity and status of political refugee and is sent to a refugee camp in a German village. Fariba finds an illegal work in a cabbage factory and she has many difficulties for not having bath with the other male workers. She becomes close to her colleague Anne and they fall in love for each other. However, prejudice and her illegal condition jeopardize her exile in Germany. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Oct 19, 2005
Countries of origin : Germany Austria
Official sites : Sales Agent
Language : English German Russian Persian
Filming locations : Filderstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Production companies : Fischer Film MMM Film Zimmermann & Co.
