Belinda comes from an Armenian family which has resided in Germany for decades. In order to escape the encirclement of her parochial family clan and the confines of home, she decides to take up studies in Cologne. Among her relatives nobody is aware that she lives together with her boyfriend Manuel and plans on starting a family.
Suddenly however her father passes away and, since her mother barely speaks German, Belinda is forced to take care of her surviving dependant's pension.
In the process the young woman gets caught up in the eccentric Armenian microcosm of Cologne, in which values such as community and tradition co-exist together with strictly patriarchal norms and rules. Whilst she finds a new friend in the form of her cousin, Manuel struggles to make sense of this strange new world In addition Belinda's mother, uncle and aunt, Armenians from Turkey who now live in Germany, also begin to experience identity-related doubts.
A tragicomic story on the eternal longing for a feeling of home and belonging. Samira Radsi - β born in Krefeld. Studied politics and art history at the University of Cologne from Postgraduate studies in directing at the University of Hamburg from Based in Berlin, Radsi has as of been active as a freelance director. We use cookies on our website. Some of them are essential for the operation of the site, while others help us to improve this site and the user experience tracking cookies.
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