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Directed by Burhan Qurbani • Drama • 2020 • Germany • German with English subtitles
Starring Welket Bungué, Albrecht Schuch, Jella Haase
An African immigrant struggles to make a new life for himself in the big city in this audacious, neon-lit reinterpretation of Alfred Doblin’s 1929 novel. After surviving his perilous journey, Francis vows to be a good man, but he soon realizes how difficult it is to be righteous while undocumented in Germany—without papers, without a nationality, and without a work permit.
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