The Day I Was Not Born

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-02-10

Languages:

German, Spanish

Countries:

Germany, Argentina

Runtime:

94 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (631 Reviews)

Director:

Florian Cossen

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Jessica Schwarz Michael Gwisdek Rafael Ferro Beatriz Spelzini

Writer:

Florian Cossen

Elena von Saucken

Fullplot:

During a stopover in Buenos Aires on her way to Chile, 31-year-old Maria recognizes a nursery rhyme. Maria doesn't speak a work of Spanish, but without understanding what she is singing, she remembers the Spanish lyrics. Disturbed and thrown off course, she decides to interrupt her journey and wander through the unfamiliar city. On the phone to Germany, she tells her father, Anton, about her experience and the peculiar fascination the unfamiliar city has had for her. Two days later, Anton suddenly turns up at Maria's hotel with something to confess: Maria spent the first three years of her life in Buenos Aires during the military dictatorship at the end of the 1970s. The people she had always thought were her parents had adopted her and brought her to Germany. Father and daughter begin a journey in search of Maria's biological parents. Anton does everything he can not to lose his daughter.

Recommended Movies

Easy A

A clean-cut high school student relies on the school's rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.

Sniper 2

A former Marine sniper is lured back in on a top-secret mission to take out a rogue general who is committing atrocities...

Dragonball: Evolution

The young warrior Son Goku sets out on a quest, racing against time and the vengeful King Piccolo, to collect a set of s...

Eat Sleep Die

A young Eastern European immigrant, working in Sweden, is faced with a painful choice when she's laid off from her facto...

A Matter of Loaf and Death

Wallace and his dog, Gromit, open a bakery and get tied up with a murder mystery. But, when Wallace falls in love Gromit...

Just Friends

While visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face-to-face with his old high school crush whom he was best f...

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

The Murrow, Polk, and IDA Award-winning documentary Boogie Man is about Lee Atwater, a blues-playing rogue whose rise fr...

Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical

An outrageous tongue-in-cheek musical comedy adaptation of the classic 1936 anti-marijuana propaganda film.

Become a Movie Insider

Join our mailing list and get access to expert analysis, trivia, and recommendations that will elevate your movie-watching experience.