Neighbours
7.5
A small village on the Syrian-Turkish border in the early 1980s: The six-year-old Kurdish boy Sero experiences his first school year in an Arab school and has to watch his small world being radically changed in the course of an absurd nationalism.
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Cast
15 people
Jay Abdo
Nahum
Known for
Queen of the Desert
Patriot
Mazen Al Natour
Djasim
Also in
Smile, General
Exiting to the Well
Tuna Dwek
Rosa
Known for
Divine Love
The Son of a Thousand Men
Sarhad Khalil
Shiro
No other roles listed
Heval Naif
Salim
Also in
When the Walnut Leaves Turn Yellow
Bangen Ali
Ali
Also in
The Rain Bride
The Swallow
Ismail Zagros
Aram
Also in
The Swallow
Mardan
Sherzad Abdullah
Old Shiro
Also in
Reseba: The Dark Wind
Ivan Anderson
Sawda
Known for
Girls of the Sun
Jiyan Armanc
Raoshan
No other roles listed
Brigitte Freyer
Hannah 70
Also in
Mädchen hinter Gittern
Zirek
Hamo
Known for
Girls of the Sun
Jeune Femme
Mano Khalil Director · Thomas Bachmann Editor
First release January 31, 2021 · Produced in Switzerland · Languages German, Kurdish
Production
Frame Film
Production
SRF
Production
SRG SSR
Production
ARTE
Production
Switzerland
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Nachbarn
Original language
Kurdish
Spoken on screen
German · Kurdish
Release dates
Switzerland · January 31, 2021
Premiere · Solothurn Film Festival (online)
No release date listed for United States.
France
March 23, 2023 · TV · Arte
Germany
October 13, 2022 · Theatrical
Russia
September 7, 2023 · Premiere · Moscow Jewish Film Festival
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