Synopsis
Bülent, Murat, Fatos and Cigdem work for German Callcentre in Turkey and share the memories of their youth in Germany. Now all of them live in Istanbul, three of them against their will. Only Ciğdem, the young manager with a German passport freely opted for a life in Istanbul. Bülent was deported five years ago; Fatoş and Murat were forced to go to Turkey by their parents. Even after decades in their parents’ country of origin, the three have never really managed to make it their home.„The Berlin filmmaker shows a reality which falls through all the grids of the reductive image of Turkey widespread in Germany.“ (taz)
,Based Down South‘ is a haunting contribution to the theme of home, Heimat.“ (tip)
„A definite must-see is also ,Based down South‘, a document of globalization (SZ)
