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Genre : Comedy, Romance | Original Language : German | Country : Germany
Directed by : Fatih Akin Screenplay : Fatih Akin Cinematographer : Pierre Aïm Editor : Andrew Bird
Producers/ Co- Producers : Wüste Filmproduktion, Ralph Schwingel, Stefan Schubert
Duration : 100 min
His students thumb their noses at him,the barkeepers ignore him in any of the hip joints he frequents and even his permanently spaced out neighbour has a better social life:how square can you get?Daniel,a young physics teacher wouldn¹t see happiness if it hit him in the face!But his drab existence as a teacher is about to change...he falls head over heals in love with a beautiful girl called Melek,and spontaneously decides to follow her to Istanbul.Daniel sets out for the long trip from Hamburg to Istanbul together with his crazy friend July,who sells jewellery and has always secretly worshipped Daniel.On this wild odyssey through southeastern Europe he will discover a new self.He is beat up,seduced, robbed, for the first time,on drugs and busted by Turkish border guards,yet Daniel learns to fight for his happiness.And after this long journey he realises that the laws of physics don’t always apply in the real world.