Journey of Hope
Director: Xavier Koller
Producer: Peter-Christian Fueter, Alfi Sinniger
Overview
In a village in eastern Turkey, tales of the economic success of Turks in Switzerland inspire Haydar to convince his wife Meryem that they must go. He sells their livestock and small plot of land in exchange for passage for two. He wants to leave their seven children in the care of the eldest and his parents; his father advises him to take one son to be educated in Europe. Will anyone reach the land of promise?
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7.0CinemaSerf
October 15, 2026
"Haydar" (Necmettin Çobanoglu) and his wife "Meryem" (Nur Sürer) live a stable enough but unpromising life with their seven children on a smallholding in Kurdish Turkey, and he is determined to improve their lot. To that end, he convinces his wife that they ought to sell up and try to make it to Switzerland. Initially…