When We Leave
North American Premiere

When We Leave

| Germany | 119 MINUTES | German, Turkish
Drama, Female Director(s)

No longer able to stand her husband's ill-treatment, Umay flees from Istanbul with her five-year-old son Cem to seek shelter in the arms of her family living in Berlin. But as the reality of Umay's defiant actions sets in, the family's reputation within the Turkish community at home and abroad is threatened—resulting in her sister's engagement being rescinded and ultimately leaving little Cem's future in question. Love, affection, and loyalty soon become irrelevant as a once caring and close-knit family painstakingly struggle to reconcile Umay's willful self-determination with the patriarchal social system that governs their lives.

Standout performances led by award-winning actress Sibel Kekilli (lead in Fatih Akin's acclaimed Head-On) deliver nuance and almost foolhardy earnestness to an irresolvable situation that teeters between hope and heartbreak. An award-winner at the Berlinale, Austrian actress Feo Aladag's compelling directorial debut wrestles with the question: What sacrifice is independence truly worth?


Cast & Credits
Directed by
Feo Aladag and Feo Aladag
Feo Aladag studied acting in her hometown of Vienna and in London and has a PhD in communications and psychology. She wrote about film and TV for newspapers in Austria and has written several scripts for television. She continues to work as a commercial director and film actress. When We Leave is her feature directing debut.
Make Up Artist
Monika Munnich
Producer
Feo Aladag
Screenwriter
Feo Aladag
Costume Design
Gioia Raspe
Music
Max Richter & Stephane Moucha
Director
Feo Aladag
Editor
Andrea Mertens
Director of Photography
Judith Kaufmann
Primary Cast
Sibel Kekilli, Florian Lukas, Derya Alabora, Settar Tanriogen, Alware Hofels, Nursel Köse
Production Design
Silke Buhr

Contacts
Press Contact
Irina Ignatiew
Telepool GmbH
Munich, 80331
Phone: +49 895 587 6275
ignatiew@telepool.de
Director's Manager
Frauke Ahlers
Independent Artists Filmproduktion
Berlin, 10557
Phone: +49 302 804 4707
office@independent-artists-filmproduktion.de
Print Origin
Nurhan Özer
Istanbul Film Festival IKSV- Istanbul Kultur Sanat Vakfi
Istanbul, 34433
Phone: +90 212 334 07 00
nurhan.ozer@iksv.org
Print Source
Julia Radke
Independent Artists Filmproduktion
Berlin, 10557
Phone: +49 30 28044706
julia@independent-artists-filmproduktion.de
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Winner of The Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature and Best Actress in a Narrative Feature Film Sibel Kekilli as Umay. Click for Showtimes



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