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


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

Release: 13/03/2010
Length: 80 Mins
Rating: R (exempt from classification)
Genre: Documentary
Director: Christophe Heller
Distributor:  Documentary Edge
Cast: Various
Synopsis

Sinan was born in 1979 in Mosul, the fourth child of an Iraqi couple. His parents decided upon his birth to give him to their brother Farouk, who had been unable to conceive with his German wife Brunhild. The two of them became Sinan’s adoptive parents. In 1982 Brunhild decided to flee Iraq for Germany. The adoptive father and birth parents remained in Iraq.

Spring 2007: after years of searching, Sinan’s family finds him through the Internet. A few months later, Sinan finally meets his Iraqi family in the United Arab Emirates. Sinan was reserved about both his family and the Arabic culture. But meeting his family changed that. He develops a yearning for his roots and starts to learn Arabic traditions with humour and zeal.

A moving and humourous portrayal of a family reunion 25 years and two countries in the making.

Awards: Babelsberg Media Award 2009.

 

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