Far from Home

Far from Home

1975 · 91 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama

Turkish migrant Husseyin spends his days in hypnotic routine as a “guest worker” in ‘70s West Berlin, living in a small, shared apartment and commuting daily to his job at a factory pressing machine parts. Diligently saving up his wages he hopes to one day marry and buy a house back home, but his immediate future in Berlin is clouded by indignities at the hands of racist coworkers and botched attempts at romantic intimacy.

Directed by Sohrab Shahid-Saless · Written by Helga Houzer

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