A film about Turkish immigrants in Germany and a homecoming trip they go on that looks delightful. What a creative voice German Turks have become.
The little boy is terrified of the crucifix because the other boy earlier in the trailer tells him that in Germany they eat swine-flesh and people: “They eat people? Yeah, and on Sunday they get together and eat them and drink their blood!,” which is sure throwing the anti-Jewish blood libel in Christianity’s face; it’s that slight chill that always makes a good laugh funnier.
The other, more poignant scene — scenes of which I have an infinite file of from my own childhood — is of the mother trying as hard as possible to give her kids a real German Christmas: “Nooooo!” they yell at her, “you’re supposed to wrap them!” And the sad little tree…
I don’t know all this because the Holy Spirit suddenly blessed me with the ability to understand German but because I caught a discussion with the filmmakers on — where else — Al Jazeera. I couldn’t find a trailer with English subtitles, though you can put it on your Netlix “saved” list already.
Does there always have to be a white-girl girlfriend in these movies? You can so predict what the jokes and problems are gonna be…
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