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F Feature film · 2004 · 94 min

En garde

Sixteen-year-old Alice, whose hypersensitive hearing makes loud noises painful, is left by her mother at a Catholic children’s home. There she meets Berivan, a Kurdish girl waiting for the outcome of her asylum application; they take up fencing together and a friendship grows. Ayşe Polat’s film follows a fragile friendship through guilt and silence.

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En gardeAyşe Polat
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Director
Ayşe Polat
Writers
Ayşe Polat
Cast
Maria Kwiatkowsky, Pinar Erincin, Haluk Piyes
Country
Almanya
Language
German
Year
2004
Runtime
94 min
Themes
Women’s stories · Migration and diaspora
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