6 Movies Starring Birol ènel

Head-On

Head-On

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-03-11

Languages:

German, Turkish, English

Countries:

Germany, Turkey

Runtime:

121 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(38723 Reviews)

Director:

Fatih Akin

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

In 'Gegen die Wand' Cahit, a 40-something male from Mersin in Turkey has removed everything Turkish from his life. He has become an alcoholic drug addict and at the start of the movie wants to end it all. Sibel a 20-something female from Hamburg wishes to please her Turkish parents yet yearns for freedom. She has had her nose broken by her brother for being seen holding hands with a boy and yet she can not break her mother's heart and run away. She too attempts suicide and she first approaches Cahit there at the Hospital. Sibel asks Cahit to marry her, as she believes this to be the way out of her parent's house. She promises Cahit that their relationship will be like roommates, not like a married couple. The film follows Sibel and Cahit as they get married, become closer and eventually fall in love.

Transylvania

Transylvania

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-10-04

Languages:

French, Romanian, English, Hungarian, Italian, Turkish

Countries:

France

Runtime:

103 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (1958 Reviews)

Director:

Tony Gatlif

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Zingarina, who is two-month pregnant, travels from France to Transylvania with her friend Marie to seek out her lover Milan Agustin that was deported from France. They hire the guide and interpreter Luminitsa to help them to find the musician Milan. When she finds him, she is rejected and Milan tells that he was not deported, but left her. Zingarina has a breakdown and leaves Marie on the road, wandering with a street boy. Soon she meets the traveling trader Tchangalo and she joins him in a road travel without destiny.

Valerie

Valerie

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-04-26

Languages:

German

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

80 min

IMDB Ratings:

(222 Reviews)

Director:

Birgit Mèller

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Milena Baisch

Ilja Haller

Birgit Mèller

Ruth Rehmet

Elke Sudmann

Fullplot:

When a photo model gets replaced by a batch of new younger prettier girls, her life of riches melts in front of her eyes and she's forced to live like a homeless person in a parking lot of a high class hotel she once lived in.

House of the Sleeping Beauties

House of the Sleeping Beauties

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-11-14

Languages:

German

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

99 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.1 (224 Reviews)

Director:

Vadim Glowna

Cast:

Writer:

Vadim Glowna

Yasunari Kawabata (novel)

Fullplot:

Edmond, a man in his sixties whose wife has recently passed away, is told about a secret establishment where men can spend an entire night in bed alongside beautiful, sleeping young women, who stretch, roll over and dream, but never awaken. Bedazzled by their seductive yet innocent tenderness, but distressed about the reason for their deep sleep, he delves into the mystery of the house of sleeping beauties.

Strangers

Strangers

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-05-29

Languages:

English, French, Hebrew, Arabic, German

Countries:

Israel, France

Runtime:

80 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (351 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

6 days in the lives of Eyal , an Israeli living in a kibbutz, and Rana , a Palestinian living in Paris, which starts with an accidental meeting in the Berlin Subway during the World cup finals, will change them completely. Eyal, who came to meet his accidental girlfriend, and Rana who came to cheer the French team, are forced to share as apartment and spend three intensive days together. As the final match approaches, their relationship tightens and they fall in love. Towards the final game, Rana is forced to leave Eyal who remains in Berlin on his own. Things get complicated as the Israel-Lebanon war breaks, and Eyal full of hope, decides to search for Rana, in spite of it all. An intimate encounter of two strangers in a strange city during World Cup and the second Israel-Lebanon war. A Story that touch's the profound wounds, created by years of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, of a young generation asking to reconnect and even reconcile.

Strangers

Strangers

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-05-29

Languages:

English, French, Hebrew, Arabic, German

Countries:

Israel, France

Runtime:

80 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (354 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

6 days in the lives of Eyal , an Israeli living in a kibbutz, and Rana , a Palestinian living in Paris, which starts with an accidental meeting in the Berlin Subway during the World cup finals, will change them completely. Eyal, who came to meet his accidental girlfriend, and Rana who came to cheer the French team, are forced to share as apartment and spend three intensive days together. As the final match approaches, their relationship tightens and they fall in love. Towards the final game, Rana is forced to leave Eyal who remains in Berlin on his own. Things get complicated as the Israel-Lebanon war breaks, and Eyal full of hope, decides to search for Rana, in spite of it all. An intimate encounter of two strangers in a strange city during World Cup and the second Israel-Lebanon war. A Story that touch's the profound wounds, created by years of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, of a young generation asking to reconnect and even reconcile.

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