Karamuk
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Karamuk |
| Original title | Your eyes Karamuk |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2003 |
| length | 97 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Sulbiye Günar |
| script | Sülbiye Günar, Gritt Neuber |
| production | Colonia Media |
| camera | Peter Przybylski |
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Karamuk is a German comedy film from 2003. It is the first feature film by Verena S. Freytag aka Sülbiye Günar and was based on an idea by Gritt Neuer and based on an original script.
action
Johanna Wiese is a plump girl about to graduate from high school. Her particular creative talent as a tailor made her want to drop out of school in order to try her hand at being a fashion designer in Paris. From now on there are fights not only with mother and grandmother, but also with classmates. In this situation Johanna finds out that her biological father is a Turk whom she has never seen in her life. When she starts to work in his restaurant without telling him about her relatives, she learns a lot about Turkish culture, but above all that her father and daughter lead a more carefree life than she does. Her longing soon to belong to this family leads to disaster.
criticism
The comedy ran successfully at international film festivals. The first broadcast on German television on March 1, 2004 in the third program of Westdeutscher Rundfunk saw 0.16 million viewers, which corresponds to a market share of 1.7%. The lexicon of international films called the film a “cheerful coming-of-age story, largely free of clichés, carried by a convincing young leading actress”.
Awards
- 10th Women's Film Festival (Festival Internazionale Cinema delle Donne) Turin 2003
- 1st prize, category "Teenage Audience Competition" for leading actress Julia Mahnecke
- 2nd prize, "Feature Film Competition" category
- CIFEJ Prize from UNESCO and UNICEF at the 2nd International Film Festival for Children and Young People in Buenos Aires 2003
- Bronze Prize 36th Worldfest Houston 2003, Category "Independent Theatrical Feature Films"
Web links
- Karamuk in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Karamuk. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 28, 2017 .