Ich Chef, Du Turnschuh (Me Boss, You Sneaker)

With actors Hussi Kutlucan and Wiebke Inn
English availability

Gemeinsam mit anderen Flüchtlingen aus aller Welt kommt der Armenier Dudie an Bord eines Containerschiffs in Hamburg an. Nachdem seine Freundin sich auf eine Scheinehe mit einem deutschen Mann eingelassen hat, verlässt auch Dudie die bedrückende Umgebung des Schiffes und quartiert sich mit gefälschten Papieren in einer Ausländer-WG ein. Auf einer Großbaustelle findet er eine schlecht bezahlte Arbeit.

The odyssey of Armenian asylum seeker Dudie starts on a container ship in the port of Hamburg. The ship serves as a starting point for refugees from all over the world. Here, their fight for survival in Germany starts, and cultural differences cause clashes. Dudie’s girlfriend, Nanie, can no longer bear the tense atmosphere and hopeless situation on board and agrees to an arranged marriage with a German electrician. Dudie goes to Berlin where three foreign men put him up in their one-room flat and find him a badly-paid job at a big construction site, near the Reichstag. There’s a certain hierarchy among the various foreigners working at the site. The German boss rants all the time and the completely integrated Turkish workers loudly exclaim “foreigners out”. The construction site sometimes seems like a madhouse.

Links: IMDB, Film Portal, Prix Iris Europe
Genre(s): Comedy;

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