A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
April 25, 2002
Original Title:
Anam
Alternate Titles:
Anam - Meine Mutter
Genres:
Drama
Production Countries:
Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 86
Anam, age 40, is a traditional Turkish wife and mother who lives with her family in a German city. She works as a cleaner and has made two friends: man-crazy German Rita and superstitious African Didi. When she finds out that her 20-year-old son Deniz has drifted into the drug scene and her husband Mehmet is having an affair with a colleague, her whole world collapses around her. Although desperate she is determined to fight and goes looking for Deniz. Instead she finds his girlfriend Mandy, who is also a drug addict. She decides to take care of the girl who is a stranger to her and finds herself confronted with an entirely unknown world. When she finally manages to track Deniz down to the cold-blooded dealer Hassain, he rejects her. Anam is forced to realize that painful as it is she can only help Deniz if he is prepared to accept her help
Director:
Buket Alakuş
Director of Photography:
Marcus Lambrecht
Editor:
Ann-Sophie Schweizer
Sound Editor:
Marion Blume
Sound Mixer:
Sascha Heiny
Maarten van de Voort
Writer:
Buket Alakuş
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