The Tale of a Thousand and One Lives (2018)
- Original title
- Sandstern
- Directed by
- Yılmaz Arslan
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Rated
- 6
- Rating
- 5.4 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
In 1980s West Germany, a young Turkish man grapples with being torn from his homeland while also facing a serious illness. The film follows his painful journey through isolation and hardship in an unfamiliar culture.
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