Anam, age 40, is a traditional Turkish wife and mother who lives with her family in a German city. She works as a cleaner and has made two friends: man-crazy German Rita and superstitious African Didi. When she finds out that her 20-year-old son Deniz has drifted into the drug scene and her husband Mehmet is having an affair with a colleague, her whole world collapses around her. Although desperate she is determined to fight and goes looking for Deniz. Instead she finds his girlfriend Mandy, who is also a drug addict. She decides to take care of the girl who is a stranger to her and finds herself confronted with an entirely unknown world. When she finally manages to track Deniz down to the cold-blooded dealer Hassain, he rejects her. Anam is forced to realize that painful as it is she can only help Deniz if he is prepared to accept her help
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Cast
15 people
Nursel Köse
Anam
Known for
The Yard
The Edge of Heaven
Tayfun Bademsoy
Mehmet
Known for
Dogs of Berlin
The Berlin File
Hejo Emons
Buket Alakuş
Saskia Vester
Rita
Known for
Grave Decisions
Almanya: Welcome to Germany
Stefan Schubert
Leonard Lansink
Bernd
Known for
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Killer Condom
Ralph Schwingel
Birol Ünel
Hasan
Known for
Head-On
Soul Kitchen
Kailas Mahadevan
Known for
Perfect Addiction
Hard Feelings
Najely Chumana
Also in
Absolutio
Jülide Girisken
Also in
Paula's Secret
Buket Alakuş Director · Marcus Lambrecht Cinematographer Ann-Sophie Schweizer Editor
First release October 27, 2001 · Produced in Germany · Production Wüste Film
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Arte
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Wüste Film
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Germany
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Original title
Anam
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Japan · October 27, 2001
Tokyo International Film Festival
Germany · April 25, 2002
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No release date listed for United States.
Norway
November 29, 2002
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