Nicht Fisch, Nicht Fleisch
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Cast & Crew
Matthias Keilich
Christian Steyer
Kim Ju Youn
Lisa Kreuzer
Jurgen Lehmann
Kim Ill-young
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Synopsis
Michael lives in a village in the Black Forest in Germany. He was adopted as a baby from Korea. His German friends accept him as he is, but his looks keep reminding him of his background. Michael has the feeling that he has two identities and keeps asking himself the same questions: who am I? where are my roots? When he breaks contact with his adoptive parents, he suddenly has to face it all alone. He flees to a friend in Berlin. An encounter with the attractive Korean Jin Hi, who is very aware of Korean traditions, makes him feel forced to choose. But in the Korean community in Berlin, he is regarded as an outsider, if only because he has no knowledge of the Korean language and traditions. So he is condemned to live for ever between two cultures and to accept that the concept of 'home' can have many faces.
Director
Matthias Keilich
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Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Main Programme) January 23 - Feb 3, 2002.
