Unveiled (2005)
"Fremde Haut" (original title)

The educated Fariba Tabrizi flies from Teheran to Germany expecting to have asylum, since she is persecuted in Iran due to her lesbian relationship with her beloved Shirin. However, her ... See full summary »

Director:

Angelina Maccarone

Writers:

Judith Kaufmann, Angelina Maccarone

Stars:

Jasmin Tabatabai, Navíd Akhavan, Bernd Tauber

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jasmin Tabatabai	...	Fariba Tabrizi
Navíd Akhavan	...	Siamak
Bernd Tauber	...	Beamter BAFL
Majid Farahat	...	Dolmetscher
Georg Friedrich	...	Burkhardt
Atischeh Hannah Braun	...	Alev
Mikail Dersim Sefer	...	Cem
Haranet Minlik	...	Velma
Homa Tehrani	...	Stimme Shirins (voice)
Frank Frede	...	Beamter BGS
Barbara Falter	...	Beamtin BGS
Ruth Wohlschlegel	...	Frau Gabriel
Yevgeni Sitokhin	...	Maxim (as Jevgenj Sitochin)
Dmitriy Dykhovichnyy	...	Dmitri
Dominik Glaubitz	...	Pfarrer

Storyline

The educated Fariba Tabrizi flies from Teheran to Germany expecting to have asylum, since she is persecuted in Iran due to her lesbian relationship with her beloved Shirin. However, her application is denied by the authorities and Fariba has to return to her home country. When her recent acquaintance Siamak, who is grieving the death of his brother, commits suicide, Fariba assumes his identity and status of political refugee and is sent to a refugee camp in a German village. Fariba finds an illegal work in a cabbage factory and she has many difficulties for not having bath with the other male workers. She becomes close to her colleague Anne and they fall in love for each other. However, prejudice and her illegal condition jeopardize her exile in Germany.

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Plot Keywords:

refugee | suicide | refugee camp | cabbage | factory | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Germany Austria

Language:

German Persian English

Release Date:

20 October 2005 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Unveiled

Filming Locations:

Filderstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

€2,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$3,025 (USA) (18 November 2005)

Gross:

$3,025 (USA) (18 November 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

MMM Film Zimmermann & Co., Fischer Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The term "in orbit" is officially used by the UN to refer to asylum-seekers who find themselves orbiting around planet Earth because they can actually find legal domicile nowhere at all.

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Connections

Referenced in 2006 Glitter Awards (2006)

User Reviews

Angelina Maccarone gives sensitive direction to a great story.

One has to always wonder just how much people must suffer because of religious superstition and prejudice.

Fariba (Jasmin Tabatabai) is trying to escape persecution in Iran because of her sexual identity. She manages to assume the identity of a fellow refugee that commits suicide. Now, she is hiding as a man in Germany.

Unfortunately, she starts to fall in love with a coworker Anne (Anneke Kim Sarnau). Things progress, but as luck would have it, interference by two German louts cause her to be returned to Iran. Where it goes from there, we can only imagine, but Tabatabai's outstanding performance has us hoping for her swift return.