Almanya - Willkommen in Deutschland

In 1964, a mustachioed charmer named Hüseyin leaves his wife and kids in Turkey to join the ranks of immigrants enabling Germany's "economic miracle." Bringing his family over as soon as he gets his feet under him, he then watches as his four children become thoroughly German. Decades later, the gruffly lovable patriarch arranges to buy a run-down house in their old village and shames his descendants into joining an all-family mission to renovate it. Told from the perspective of Canan, a college-age girl eager to share family lore with her 6 year-old cousin Cenk, the film bounces engagingly between past and present.

Cast:
Vedat Erincin (Hüseyin)
Fahri Ögün Yardim (Hüseyin)
Lilay Huser (Fatma)
Demet Gül (Fatma)

Director: Yasemin Samdereli
Writer: Yasemin Samdereli, Nesrin Samdereli
Runtime: 101 min
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Language: German, Turkish
Production Year: 2011

The screening is part of the festival "Days of German Cinema 2012" organized by the Goethe-Institut and the Friends of Cinema Society.