I Love You

Emine Emel Balci

year of production

2012

synopsis

A film about love and waiting. The film portraits the lives of peasant women from one of the most remote and impoverished parts of Turkey as they follow their dream to learn German. According to a new German immigration act, they have to prove basic knowledge of the language. These woman have to try hard to learn German, if they want to join their husbands.

production

unafilm / Titus Kreyenberg

in co-production with

Istanbul Mass Media and ZDF / Das Kleine Fernsehspiel

cast

financiers

ZDF / Das Kleine Fernsehspiel

sales

unafilm

german distribution

unafilm

world premiere

IKSV Istanbul Film Festival,

festivals and awards

Sarajevo Filmfestival, Hamburg Film Festival, PriMed Marseilles

category

feature documentary