• Sep 28, 1990
  • 110 min
  • Full-HD

Journey of Hope (1990)

In a village in eastern Turkey, tales of the economic success of Turks in Switzerland inspire Haydar to convince his wife Meryem that they must go. He sells their livestock and small plot of land in exchange for passage for two. He wants to leave their seven children in the care of the eldest and his parents; his father advises him to take one son to be educated in Europe, as economic insurance. The three set off for Istanbul, Milan, and Switzerland, stowing away on a ship. At Lake Como, they pay the rest of their money to unprincipled men who abandon them at an Alpine pass before a blizzard. Father and son are separated from Meryem. Will anyone reach the land of promise?

Category
Country
France Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom
Companies
Channel Four Films Eurimages Condor Films Antea Cinematografica Schweizer Fernsehen (FS) Catpics Cinerent Filmequipment Service AG Cineverde Dewe Hellthaler Département Fédéral de l'Intérieur TSR SRF

Nur Sürer

Meryem

Necmettin Çobanoğlu

Haydar Sener

Emin Sivas

Mehmet Ali

Yaman Okay

Türkmen

Sebastiano Filocamo

Aldo

Dietmar Schönherr

Massimo

Mathias Gnädinger

Truckdriver Ramser

Andrea Zogg

Christen

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