From NetFlix:

When his father (Tuncel Kurtiz) accidentally kills a prostitute
(Nursel Koese), Nejat (Baki Davrak) seeks out the woman’s 27-year-old
daughter, Ayten (Nurgul Yesilcay), to make amends. Nejat focuses his
search in Turkey, but Ayten, part of a closely scrutinized activist
group , has already fled to Germany. Lives intersect in unexpected ways
in writer-director Fatih Akin’s multilayered drama, which won Best
Screenplay at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.

Because the film’s philosophy is that most people are forgiving and loving, I have classified this film as “Feel-good but not for children”. I am learning from my Spanish (Joaquín) and Italian (Vincenzo) teachers that we Americans are much more prudish than other countries. I was taken aback when two of the women characters fell in love with one another. Joaquín says the gay culture is taken for granted in Mexico City. At any rate, not for children.

When the dialog is not English (i.e. German or Turkish) there are subtitles. The action takes place in Germany (Bremen ?) and Istanbul. I enjoyed getting a view of narrow German streets, and what Istanbul looks like.

As with all these films that intermingle several stories, the coincidences can sometimes seem forced. I agonized over the ending which leaves unresolved a discovery that the characters must make. If this were a Hollywood film, that discovery would be made and the violins would play. I nearly flipped when the final screen credits rolled without the resolution I was dying to see.

The film is slower than a Hollywood romp. But it held my attention.