THE BEEKEEPER

DER IMKER

By Mano KHALIL

FRAME FILM - as PROD

Completed 2013

The odyssey of a Kurdish beekeeper and his unusual integration in Switzerland.

    • Year of production
    • 2013
    • Duration
    • 107 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Mano KHALIL
    • Writer(s)
    • Mano KHALIL
    • Producer(s)
    • Mano KHALIL (Frame Film GmbH)
    • Synopsis
    • The moving story of a beekeeper’s fate. He lost everything in the turmoil of the Turkish-Kurdish war: his wife and children, his homeland and, with the loss of over 500 colonies of bees, also his livelihood. The only thing remaining is his love of bees and his unwavering trust in individual human beings, regardless of origin. Following a long odyssey fraught with deprivation, the beekeeper finds his way back to his passion in Switzerland.