Underplayed Gems

Vatanyolu – Die Heimreise (1988)

Vatanyolu – Die Heimreise poster
Directed by
Enis Günay, Rasim Konyar
Genre
comedy film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 34m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Turkish worker in Germany plans a return trip to his home country in the 1980s. The film uses comedy to show the challenges and feelings of immigrants trying to go back.

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What happens

Vatanyolu – Die Heimreise ist eine deutsche Filmkomödie von Enis Günay und Rasim Konyar aus dem Jahr 1989 mit Yaman Okay in der Hauptrolle. Sie thematisiert Probleme türkischer Gastarbeiter, die in den 1980er Jahren in ihr Heimatland zurückkehren wollen, mit den Mitteln des Humors. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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