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Fighter (2007) -- Aicha is a passionate kung-fu fighter. Her Turkish parents expect her to get good grades so she can get into medical school, like her brother Ali. But school doesn't inspire her. Defying her family, Aicha starts secretly  training at a kung-fu club.
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Director:
Writers:
Nikolaj Arcel (co-writer)
Natasha Arthy (writer)
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Release Date:
14 December 2007 (Denmark) more
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Aicha, a high-school student, is a passionate kung fu fighter. Her Turkish parents expect her to get good grades so she can get into medical school... more | add synopsis
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1 win & 4 nominations more
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Martial arts and Turkish immigrants in Denmark more (8 total)

Cast

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Semra Turan ... Aicha
Nima Nabipour ... Ali

Cyron Bjørn Melville ... Emil
Molly Blixt Egelind ... Sofie

Sadi Tekelioglu ... Aicha's Father
Behruz Banissi ... Omar
Xian Gao ... Sifu
Denize Karabuda ... Aicha's mother
Ertugrul Yilan ... Meemeth
Özlem Saglanmak ... Jasmin
Yüksel Isik ... Jasmin's father
Nevin Rasmussen ... Jasmin's mother
Mira Sarah Altshul ... Fadime
Frank Thiel ... Student counselor
Trine Appel ... Karate coach
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Aicha (Denmark) (working title)
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Runtime:
90 min | Germany:97 min | 100 min
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31 out of 35 people found the following comment useful.
Martial arts and Turkish immigrants in Denmark, 1 January 2008
8/10
Author: dgrolin (dgrolin@yahoo.com) from Denmark

A beautiful and touching movie that deserves a wider viewing than it is likely to get. Semra Turan plays Aicha, a second generation Turkish immigrant, who tries to break the mold. Neither entirely at home with her moderately conservative Muslim family, nor with her liberal Danish friends, Aicha's martial arts experience becomes a fight to find herself and have the strength to allow herself to be who she wants to be in spite of both family and friends.

Director Natasha Arthy manages to balance introspection and narrative so that it has depth without becoming ponderous philosophical discourse, and drawing on Xian Gao's choreography skills pays off in spectacular fight sequences. In the end, however, it is Semra Turan's stunning debut performance that gives this movie spirit. Raw charisma and requisite martial arts skills are complimented by heart to make her personal drama believable.

Well worth your while.

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