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Zimtstern und Halbmond

Zimtstern und Halbmond

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 17, 2010

Genres

Drama, Comedy, Romance, TV Movie

User Score

50%

Original Title

Zimtstern und Halbmond

Production Companies

BR, ARD Degeto, Claussen+Wöbke Filmproduktion, ARD

Director

Matthias Steurer

Description

German ship captain Gottfried Hinrichs reluctantly retires to his Bavarian home, hoping to find comfort when his daughter Barbara moves back home, convenient now she has become a commercial pilot. So he dishes out the usual objections when she tells to have found her mate, while ma Lisbeth tries to shush. When the lovers turn up for Christmas Eve, a culture shock follows, for her dream prince is Palestinian unemployed would be-pilot Kamal Abu Khalil, and neither 'liberal' parent extends effective tolerance to Islamic in-potential laws. Ultimately Gottfried is worn down, but then the incompatible religious marriage norms seem to break up the couple itself. It gets even worse when his parents found out and fly in, while she feels neglected as Kemal starts an electronic muezzin Internet firm with a friend.