Journey of Hope
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Journey of Hope

(1990)Directed by Xavier Koller110 minDrama

In a village in eastern Turkey, Haydar Sener (Necmettin Çobanoğlu) hears that Turks in Switzerland are getting rich, and he sells the livestock and their small plot of land to buy passage for two. His wife Meryem (Nur Sürer) has to be talked into leaving seven children behind. Xavier Koller follows the two of them, and the youngest son they take along, on a trip toward a country they know only from a postcard.

Nur Süreras Meryem
Necmettin Çobanoğluas Haydar Sener
Emin Sivasas Mehmet Ali
Yaman Okayas Türkmen
Dietmar Schönherras Massimo
Mathias Gnädingeras Truckdriver Ramser
Andrea Zoggas Christen
Hansjörg Schneideras Tännler
Erdinç Akbaşas Adama
Yaşar Güneras Haci Baba
Sevim Metinas Ayşe Gümüş