Journey of Hope (1991)

  • NR
  • 04/13/1991 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 50m

Overview

In a village in eastern Turkey, tales of the economic success of Turks in Switzerland inspire Haydar to convince his wife Meryem that they must go. He sells their livestock and small plot of land in exchange for passage for two. He wants to leave their seven children in the care of the eldest and his parents; his father advises him to take one son to be educated in Europe, as economic insurance. The three set off for Istanbul, Milan, and Switzerland, stowing away on a ship. At Lake Como, they pay the rest of their money to unprincipled men who abandon them at an Alpine pass before a blizzard. Father and son are separated from Meryem. Will anyone reach the land of promise?

Xavier Koller

Director, Writer

Feride Çiçekoğlu

Writer

Cast

Nur Sürer's headshot

Nur Sürer

Meryem
Necmettin Çobanoğlu's headshot

Necmettin Çobanoğlu

Haydar Sener
Emin Sivas's headshot

Emin Sivas

Mehmet Ali
Yaman Okay's headshot

Yaman Okay

Türkmen
Sebastiano Filocamo's headshot

Sebastiano Filocamo

Aldo
Dietmar Schönherr's headshot

Dietmar Schönherr

Massimo
Mathias Gnädinger's headshot

Mathias Gnädinger

Truckdriver Ramser
Andrea Zogg's headshot

Andrea Zogg

Christen

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