"Armania": The Turks Going North in Germany

In the 1960s, impoverished young Turkish men went to the vibrant Germany to find a way out in order to let the village chief’s beautiful daughter lead a prosperous life. A few decades later, the young men of that year were already old and full of children and grandchildren, and finally obtained German citizenship. Although it has taken root in Germany for many years, it is still difficult to understand the topic of race. The most prominent problem is that after being squeezed out by classmates at school, the 6-year-old grandson asked confusedly: "Am I a German or a Turk?" The old "Turkish young man" bought a Turkish property privately, verbally The above mentioned is for everyone to use it on vacation, and it is also required that the whole family must participate in the visit. In the case of the family's incomprehension and reluctance, the family drove to the homeland and started zero-distance contact with the former motherland. And the "young man" was halfway into the homeland and passed away, and a large family completed the funeral of the fallen leaves back to the roots for them.

The script of the film was co-written by two sisters of Turkish descent who were born in Germany, Arthur Min Samdrell and Neslin Samdrell, and directed by his sister Arthur Min. The film tells the story of the present and the past with a two-thread narrative technique of narration and memory. From the map, the distance between Turkey and Germany is not too close. It is almost the distance from Beijing to Guangzhou, and it also spans many small countries. It looks like a waste of water and land. At the beginning of Germany's reconstruction in the late World War II, a large number of workers from the surrounding countries were recruited to promote the country's construction in Germany. The female director Yasemine used her own emotional life to record the life deeds of the Turkish people going northward in that era. The film does not involve any political topics, only the life experience of the family as the main line, and there is no shortage of various jokes at the same time as the warmth is overflowing.

The biggest consideration left for the audience is whether the Turks living in Germany should consider finding a suitable opportunity to return to their hometown, just as they did in the past, and start another construction of their own country. This is not only very important for Turks, but it is especially important for Germany, which is crowded by immigrants. Although this is the first feature work of a female director, it won the German Film Awards for Best Picture and Best Screenplay after the film was released, and won the Best Screenplay Award at the Chicago International Film Festival and the German Film Critics Association Awards . It can be said that the story point has outstanding characteristics, attracting enthusiastic pursuits from all walks of life.

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