For a Moment, Freedom (2008)
"Ein Augenblick Freiheit" (original title)

Centers on a group of weary Middle Eastern refugees who have made their way to Turkey to apply for European visas.

Director:

Arash T. Riahi

Writer:

Arash T. Riahi

Stars:

Navíd Akhavan, Pourya Mahyari, Elika Bozorgi

9 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Navíd Akhavan	...	Ali
Pourya Mahyari	...	Mehrdad
Elika Bozorgi	...	Azy
Sina Saba	...	Arman
Payam Madjlessi	...	Hassan
Behi Djanati Atai	...	Lale
Kian Khalili	...	Kamran
Kamran Rad	...	Kian
Said Oveissi	...	Abbas
Fares Fares	...	Manu
Ezgi Asaroglu	...	Jasmin
Toufan Manoutcheri	...	Mother of Asy und Arman
Michael Niavarani	...	Father of Asy und Arman
Soussan Azarin	...	Grandmother
Muhammed Cangören	...	Grandfather

Storyline

Centers on a group of weary Middle Eastern refugees who have made their way to Turkey to apply for European visas.

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Plot Keywords:

refugee | intelligence | telephone call | search | treason | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [at]

Country:

Austria France Turkey

Language:

Turkish English Persian Kurdish

Release Date:

9 January 2009 (Austria)

Also Known As:

For a Moment, Freedom

Filming Locations:

Ankara, Turkey

Box Office

Budget:

€3,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Les Films du Losange, Pi Film, Wega Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Some of the story lines are autobiographical. According to the opening credits, the film is based on actual events.

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Connections

References Bicycle Thieves (1948)

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Soundtracks

"You Can Win If You Want"
Music and Lyrics by Dieter Bohlen
Performed by Modern Talking

User Reviews

An Exile-Movie again but in a different way.

It is not easy just to give this rating point because I liked this movie in many ways and I know (as the director said in the theater of Max Ophüls Festival) that he researched and worked for this Film about 7 Years. There are two parts; the film itself is great, clever, funny and lovely in an intelligent way beside of some clichés. This part has all of his elements for a well-made humanistic movie. The other part is somehow political so actually I don't want to talk about it, because I don't know much about this. But as I know almost every other exile movies about this subject, this is just a remade and it repeats the story of the political refugees. I don't want to say that the story is not true but it is not fair to always represent this country in this way, specially in this time that we have not too much Movie titles about this country. So why always this subject? What about something new? Just look at the "Persepolis" , of course it is somehow the same way but the story is really wide ranged. So people, if you are going to invest so much time and money to make film, please go for something new. I think we have enough titles about this subject.