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Zimtstern und Halbmond (2010)

Zimtstern und Halbmond (2010)

Drama Comedy Romance TV Movie
Release Date: 2010, December 17
Directors: Matthias Steurer
Countries: Germany
Production: BR, Claussen+Wöbke Filmproduktion, ARD, ARD Degeto
Cast: David A. Hamade, Ramin Yazdani, Omar El-Saeidi, Gundi Ellert, Lisa Maria Potthoff, Manuel Santiago Renken, Robert Atzorn, Sigi Zimmerschied, Mouna Sabbagh, Ela Elisabeth Beken

Overview:

German ship captain Gottfried Hinrichs reluctantly retires to his Bavarian home, hoping to find comfort when his daughter Barbara moves back home, convenient now she has become a commercial pilot. So he dishes out the usual objections when she tells to have found her mate, while ma Lisbeth tries to shush. When the lovers turn up for Christmas Eve, a culture shock follows, for her dream prince is Palestinian unemployed would be-pilot Kamal Abu Khalil, and neither 'liberal' parent extends effective tolerance to Islamic in-potential laws. Ultimately Gottfried is worn down, but then the incompatible religious marriage norms seem to break up the couple itself. It gets even worse when his parents found out and fly in, while she feels neglected as Kemal starts an electronic muezzin Internet firm with a friend.

Keywords:

lighthearted love middle east broken engagement intercultural relationship in-laws arabs marriage problems western society