Mama, bitte lern Deutsch

Overview

Tahsim is eight, loves buttered corn, and hates letters—especially those from the immigration office. Because his mother, Xatun, can neither speak nor read German, he becomes her interpreter, navigating waiting rooms, bureaucratic jargon, and the threat of deportation. At home, Xatun is a linguistic genius full of wit and stories, but outside she’s at a loss and resorts to simple words with flawed sentence structure. While Tahsim struggles to fit in at school with made-up religions and perfect German, he finds himself feeling ashamed of his mother more and more often. Until he realizes that she isn’t the problem—but rather the question he’s been asking her his whole life.

Details

Status

Planned

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German, Turkish

Countries

Germany

Production

Constantin Film

Director

Hüseyin Tabak

Writer

Tahsim Durgun,Jan Berger

Producer

Nurhan Şekerci-Porst

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt40380750