A high-rise roof somewhere in Berlin. From the rooftop you can see the whole city. It is summer. On the roof is a group of refugees from Syria. The depth below reminds them of the depth of the sea. Above them is only sky. On this roof, they feel like they are back on their journey across the Mediterranean - lost on a small rubber boat. They begin to reenact the most dramatic situation they have survived during their flight: crossing the Mediterranean between Turkey and Greece. They try several times but the Turkish Coast Guard prevents them. During an attempt, water begins to swamp the boat - the refugees save themselves by swimming for hours.
DUSAN SOLOMUN FILMPRODUKTION & OHNE GEPÄCK FILMPRODUKTION
CAST Ahmad Alkurdi Basher Torkmani Ovice Torkmani Mohammad Alhussain Lamia Baddour Rafika Ajlani Isra Ajlani Omar Ajlani Samar ajlani Yazan Melhen Dellair Youssef Zia Alamir Daghstani Myriam Belhaj Usama Salama Samar Ajlani Ghaze Nakash Ahmed Roubied Radwan Zarka Milan Radeta Simon Meyer Ludwig Hülk Matjaz Juren Bilge Redzep Majid Albunni Samar Albunni
Ali Erkan Özdemir Ali Awada
DIRECTOR Dusan Solomun
SCRIPT Dusan Solomun
CINEMATOGRAPHY Tilo Hauke
FILM EDITING Jan Bihl
PRODUCTION DESIGN Jana Donis
MAKE-UP Ursula Windmann
SOUND Oscar Stiebitz
SOUNDDESIGN Oscar Stiebitz MUSIK Emre Turkmeen
SONY FS 7 | ZEISS HS | 1,85:1
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