(2010) When We Leave
(In German with English subtitles)
POLITICAL DRAMA
Co produced, written and directed by Feo Aladag with Umay (Sibel Kekilli) originally has strong roots from Turkey, she decides she does not want to be with her abusive husband anymore, taking their child with them, moving back with her parents in Germany. Because her parents still carry with them Turkish customs, the family, particularly, the father and her brother prefer for her to return their son back to him. She objects since he is abusive.
When the protagonist, Umay was living in Germany and they instructed her not to reveal her whereabouts to both family members and to friends as she was living in a shelter for the abusive, then she was not following the rules which lead to the ending that I did not care for.
Co produced, written and directed by Feo Aladag with Umay (Sibel Kekilli) originally has strong roots from Turkey, she decides she does not want to be with her abusive husband anymore, taking their child with them, moving back with her parents in Germany. Because her parents still carry with them Turkish customs, the family, particularly, the father and her brother prefer for her to return their son back to him. She objects since he is abusive.
When the protagonist, Umay was living in Germany and they instructed her not to reveal her whereabouts to both family members and to friends as she was living in a shelter for the abusive, then she was not following the rules which lead to the ending that I did not care for.