JIYAN

By Süheyla SCHWENK

DEUTSCHE FILM-UND FERNSEHAKADEMIE BERLIN (DFFB) - as SALES

Drama - Completed 2019

Hayat has come to Berlin with her husband Harun to provide a better life for their unborn child. All they have is a small suitcase and Hayat's nightmares of her life in Syria. In Berlin, to make a good life wouldn't be like they imagined…

    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • GERMANY
    • Languages
    • GERMAN, KURDISH, TURKISH
    • Duration
    • 71 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Süheyla SCHWENK
    • Synopsis
    • Hayat has come to Berlin with her husband Harun to provide a better life for their unborn child. All they have is a small suitcase and Hayat's nightmares of her life in Syria. In Berlin, they move in to the flat of Irfan, who is Harun's uncle. Irfan's wife Gülsüm doesn't really like the idea of living with this Kurdish woman under the same roof and bothers her until Hayat is faced with a miscarriage risk. The baby brings a unique connection between the women, tough break Gülsüm mends the fences with Hayat but trying to make a good life wouldn't be like they imagined…