Die Fremde
When we leave
"Stop dreaming!" says the mother to her twenty-five-year-old daughter Umay when she and her young son Cem appear at the door of her parents’ Berlin apartment. Umay has run away from an unhappy marriage in Istanbul and has returned to Berlin because she wants to lead her own life again. She knows that she’s expecting a lot from her parents and siblings but she hopes that their loving relationship will mean more to them than the pressure of social conventions.
But before long she realises that her family cannot simply ignore their deep-seated traditions and the situation could well break them. When the family decides to restore the family's reputation by returning Cem to his father, Umay once again begs for their help – but ends up breaking with them for good. Umay falls in love with Stipe and she and Cem begin a new life. Umay tries mend the relationship with her family, but doesn't realise that it's too late for reconciliation.
Feo Aladag: "Many German citizens of Turkish descent are – understandably – at odds with their identity. In Germany they feel Turkish and unwanted, and in Turkey they feel like Germans. Even in this section of society adultery is an exception – the worst catastrophe. In my opinion, one of the reasons for the current return to traditional values, particularly within a younger genera - tion, is social exclusion by the majority society. "Die Fremde" is not meant to be a representative portrait of a social group, nor is it a manual for life. Rather, the film seeks to bring to light one possibility, which, in this story, contains the real sense of hope."
Source: 60. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Music
Cast
- Umay
- Halyme
- Carmen
- Mehmet
- Stipe
- Acar
- Rana
- Atife
- Mete
- Kader
Production company
Producer
Alle Credits
Director
Assistant director
Script supervisor
Screenplay
Director of photography
Assistant camera
Steadycam operator
Key grip
Production design
Property master
Stand-by props
Make-up artist
Costume design
Editing
Sound
Sound assistant
Synch sound
Stunt co-ordinator
Casting
Music
Cast
- Umay
- Halyme
- Carmen
- Mehmet
- Stipe
- Acar
- Rana
- Atife
- Mete
- Kader
- Kemal
- Duran
- Gül
- Cem
Production company
in association with
Producer
Producer (TV)
Line producer
Location manager
Production assistant
Post-production
Original distributor
Shoot
- 15.07.2008 - 14.09.2008: Berlin, Istanbul, Kayseri
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 10.09.2009, 119627, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): 13.02.2010, Berlin, IFF - Panorama;
Kinostart (DE): 11.03.2010
Titles
- Originaltitel (DE) Die Fremde
- Titelübersetzung When We Leave
- Titelübersetzung L'etrangère
Versions
Original
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 10.09.2009, 119627, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): 13.02.2010, Berlin, IFF - Panorama;
Kinostart (DE): 11.03.2010
Awards
- Beste Hauptdarstellerin (ex aequo >Drei<)
- Bester Schnitt
- Beste Kamera
- Bestes Drehbuch
- Bestes Spielfilmdebut
- Bester Spielfilm
- Goldene Zwiebel, Beste Darstellerin
- Goldene Zwiebel, Bestes Debüt
- Puplikumspreis
- Regieleistung des Jahres 2010
- Deutscher Entertainment Preis
- LUX-Filmpreis
- Großer Preis, Bester Film
- Bernhard Wicki Filmpreis, Darstellerpreis
- Beste Kamera, Kinospielfilm
- Best Actress in a Narrative Feature Film
- Jurypreis
- Lola, Beste Darstellerin
- Lola in Bronze, Bester Spielfilm
- Video Champion Artist Award
- Deutscher Casting-Preis
- Beste Darstellerin
- Bester Film
- Bester Film
- Preis zur Förderung des künstlerischen Nachwuchses
- Bester Film
- International Jury Award
- Bester internationaler Spielfilm
- Bester Film
- Puplikumspreis
- Bester Debütfilm
- Prädikat: besonders wertvoll