When We Leave
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Feo Aladag
Sibel Kekilli
Settar Tanriogen
Dertya Alabora
Florian Lukas
Nizam Schiller
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A battered wife, Umay, leaves her husband and takes her son back home to Berlin. Although she explains the terror of her marriage, her working class father and older brother Mehmet insist she return to her husband in Istanbul. Even her mother and younger siblings tell her she is in the wrong. Despite all of this, Umay sets about establishing a new life for herself but the perils of going against entrenched attitudes result in a life-threatening situation.
Director
Feo Aladag
Film Details
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of Best Actress (Sibel Kekilli) in a Narrative Feature Film at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.
Winner of the Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.
Limited Release in United States Winter January 28, 2011
Released in United States 2010
Released in United States 2011
Shown at New Directors/New Films Series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center March 24-April 4, 2010.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 20-June 13, 2010.
Shown at Tribeca Film Festival (World Narrative Feature Competition) April 21-May 2, 2010.
Feature directorial debut for Feo Aladag.
Limited Release in United States Winter January 28, 2011 (Los Angeles & New York City)
Released in United States 2010 (Shown at New Directors/New Films Series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center March 24-April 4, 2010.)
Released in United States 2010 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 20-June 13, 2010. )
Released in United States 2010 (Shown at Tribeca Film Festival (World Narrative Feature Competition) April 21-May 2, 2010.)
Released in United States 2011 (Awards Buzz : Best Foreign Language Film )
