Premiere in the German-language Realm
Kirik Midyeler / Broken Mussels
by Seyfettin Tokmak
Secondary title
Broken Mussels
Country / Year
Turkey / 2011
Duration
90 Min.
Languages
Turkish
Subtitles
English
Genre
Direction
Seyfettin Tokmak
Cast
Uğur Baris Mehmetoğlu,
Seydo Celik,
Selma Alispahic,
Engin Benli
Two teenagers, Hakim and Faysal, leave Mardim, the city where they were born, and head for Istanbul to find work. Their real dream is to make it big in Germany, where one of their cousins already lives. Hakim and Faysal, like many others from their hometown, decide to earn quick cash selling mussels. The couple soon become friends with two Bosnian refugees: 40-year-old Medina and her daughter Elma, who suffers from heart disease. Medina has been trying for a long time to find the money to pay for her daughter’s medical treatment. When Medina suddenly disappears one day, the distraught Elma has no choice but to rely on her new friends Hakim and Faysal.