

User Score
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The Story: The movie begins with a narrator telling us about this guy Peter. This movie is about a problem he had and a girl named Lonni who helped him solve it. The narration fades and we see Lonni (Kascha), reading a magazine when Peter (Peter North) shows up. Peter tells Lonni about a party he wants to organize for his girlfriend, but unfortunately he has no money. Lonni doesn’t have any money either. Bummer.
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN

Working in a ferry as a waiter, Ayzek, having a defect with his front teeth, dreams to get his front teeth fixed and to marry his girlfriend, Songül. The news gets out that the ferry company is turning over the management to a new one and the whole crew is to be interviewed. When the interviewer arrives on board, Ayzek’s world is turned upside down.

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"Behind every strong man is a strong woman!", Mumine shouts as her husband is arrested. She has 4 children, she's in her mid-30s, and she's the wife of a Crimean Tatar political prisoner. Muslim Crimean Tatars have been oppressed for a long time. They were deported under Stalin, allowed to return under Gorbachev, and since the occupation of Crimea in 2014 under Putin, they are being persecuted again. "Return" is a portrait of Mumine and Maye, two strong women struggling with the consequences of oppression. Their traditional understanding of their role as women does not stand in the way of their dedication. They possess strength, beauty and dignity. Only in their most intimate moments, they are overwhelmed by desperate helplessness.