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Baran&#8217;s aims are clear: Leave a home where he&#8217;s less than a second-class citizen, get an FRG passport, start a new life abroad \u2013 while Marion&#8217;s hopes and wishes remain opaque, a mystery, above all to herself. Baran gets his wishes \u2013 Marion gets pregnant \u2013 Raphael gets frustrated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/msfilmfestival.fi\/en\/guests\/ilker-catak\/\">\u0130lker \u00c7atak&#8217;s<\/a> breakthrough film is carried by extraordinary performances of very different registers that perfectly reflect their respective character&#8217;s place in the world: newcomer O\u011fulcan Arman Uslu seduces the viewer with fragility and neediness, while acting axiom-daredevil Anne Ratte-Polle perplexes and devastates with a wild mix of despair and desire, will for change and fear of loss, control and a need to lose herself \u2013 all observed with quite calm, patience and generosity. 21<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">st<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> century European life at its rawest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Olaf M\u00f6ller<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marion has one of the rarest jobs available to women these days: she&#8217;s an airline pilot, a captain at that. 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