HOUSE WITHOUT ROOF
by Soleen Yusef
synopsis
Siblings Alan, Jan, and Liya were born in Iraqi Kurdistan but grew up in Germany. The three want to fulfil their mother's last wish and burry her in their home village next to their father who died in war. During this fraught Kurdish odyssey they are not only confronted by their big Kurdish family which doesn't accept their mother's wish but also by themselves. During the last years the distance between the family members has increased, each lives his own life and when they talk to each other it soon becomes dominated by mutual accusations. At the same time, a terrible conflict is rising in their home country and first noone recognizes the dimensions of this conflict.
international title: | House Without Roof |
original title: | Haus Ohne Dach |
country: | Germany, Qatar, Iraq |
year: | 2017 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Soleen Yusef |
film run: | 117' |
release date: | DE 31/08/2017 |
screenplay: | Soleen Yusef |
cast: | Mina Sadic, Sasun Sayan, Murat Seven, Wedad Sabri, Zirek, Uwe Preuss |
cinematography by: | Stephan Burchardt |
film editing: | Hannes Bruun |
costumes designer: | Silvana Ciafardini |
music: | John Gürtler, Jan Miserre, Lars Voguel, Paradox Paradise |
producer: | Mehmet Aktas, Jana Raschke |
co-producer: | Igor Dovgal |
production: | Essence Film, Mîtosfilm, SWR – Südwestrundfunk, ARTE GEIE |
backing: | Kurdish Cultural Ministry/Duhok Cinema Department, MFG Filmförderung Baden-Württemberg |