And there’s this perceived European liberalism in which the women who show cleavage appear less moral than the more traditional Turkish wives. After Hüseyin buys a holiday home in Turkey however, the family embark on a journey to rediscover their national heritage.Ī clear satire of EU membership, there’s an ironic racism floating throughout the film as Hüseyin and Fatma apply for German membership after forty-five years, a dream sequence suggests they’ll have to eat pork dinners multiple times a week for the rest of their lives. Superficially a quite simple flashback movie, the narrative flits back and forth between the 1960s mother and father Hüseyin and Fatma (Fahri Ögün Yardim and Demet Gül) travelling to Almanya and their large family in the present day. Shown as the land of the ‘economic miracle’, Germany is the saviour for the Turkish Yilmaz family who flee Turkey for a more stable life. Turkish-German director Yasemin Şamdereli’s comedy on cultural integration and national identity is a heartening portrayal wrapped in its own investigation. Yasemin Şamdereli / Germany / 2010 / 101 mins Showing Cameo 1, Thu 23 June 17:45 & Sat 25 June 13:00
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