Turkish for Beginners
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Turkish for Beginners

(2012)Directed by Bora Dağtekin105 minComedy

Nobody on the emergency flight expects to wake up on a deserted island, least of all Lena Schneider (Josefine Preuß), a teenager raised on antiauthoritarian ideas and badly shaken by the landing. She is stuck there with Cem Öztürk (Elyas M'Barek), a swaggering Turkish boy who treats her to jellyfish, sand and a lot of attitude. Bora Dağtekin lets Lena work out, one prickly day at a time, that Cem's tough front covers a romantic streak.

Josefine Preußas Lena Schneider
Elyas M'Barekas Cem Öztürk
Anna Stieblichas Doris Schneider
Adnan Maralas Metin Öztürk
Pegah Ferydonias Yagmur Öztürk
Arnel Tacias Costa Papavassilou
Frederick Lauas Frieder
Katharina Kaalias Diana Schneider
Nick Romeo Reimannas Nils Schneider
Lili Buhren
Annette Strasser
Marc Ben Puch
Laura Osswald