Synopsis
When We Leave (Die Fremde, 2010) is a German-Turkish drama you can watch online on iFILM. Sibel Kekilli plays Umay, a young Turkish-German woman who escapes an abusive marriage in Istanbul and brings her small son back to Berlin — the city where she grew up.
Her family doesn't welcome her back. Her brothers want the boy returned to his father. Her mother stays silent. Director Feo Aladag, in her debut feature, traces how a community's concept of honour turns Umay's own home into another trap. Germany submitted the film as its entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Kekilli's performance is the reason — controlled, precise, never once asking for your sympathy.
The ending hits hard. Stream When We Leave (2010) online on iFILM.
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