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Mein Vater. Mein Onkel (My Father. My Uncle)

Film
Title of the film Original title: Mein Vater. Mein Onkel
English title: My Father. My Uncle
Hungarian title: Apabácsi

Production and shooting info Country of the production: Germany - de
Year of production: from 2007 to 2009
Year of shooting: from 2007 to 2008
Length of the film: 80 min
Colouring: colour
Standard format: HD
Recording format: HDV
Original language: German
 English
 Arabic
Language of subtitle: English
 German
 French
 Hungarian

Description of the content Sinan’s past catches up with him when he visits his Iraqi family for the first time in the United Arab Emirates in 2007. His uncle and his German wife adopted Sinan immediately after his birth. Three years later Brunhilde fled back to Germany taking Sinan with her. His adoptive father and biological family remained in Iraq. For years, Sinan showed no great interest in them or the culture that characterized them – but when he finally meets his father, his reluctance to the Arabian traditions dissolves.

Credits Director: Christoph Heller
Music composer: Christof Vonderau
Producer: Christoph Heller
Cinematographer: Manuel Kinzer
Editor: Sophia Kambaki
Sound: Marko Weichler

Company / Institution Production: Bonsai Film
Distributor: German Film and Television Academy Berlin

Ethnicity and locality Etnic group: Iraqis
Continent: Asia Minor
Country: United Arab Emirates - ae

Tipology Type: non-fiction film
Form: documentary film

Related sciences Social science: cultural anthropology


Keyword: family
 migration

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