Unveiled

Original title: Fremde Haut

20052005
1h 37m

Fremde Haut (2005)

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 appl... Read allThe 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 he... Read allThe 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, F... Read all

Director
- Angelina Maccarone
Writers
- Angelina Maccarone(screenplay)
- Judith Kaufmann(screenplay)
Stars
- Jasmin Tabatabai
- Navid Navid
- Mossadegh Hamid(voice)

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Awards
- 2 wins & 3 nominations

Anneke Kim Sarnau and Jasmin Tabatabai in Fremde Haut (2005)

Anneke Kim Sarnau and Jasmin Tabatabai in Fremde Haut (2005)

Anneke Kim Sarnau and Jasmin Tabatabai in Fremde Haut (2005)

Fremde Haut (2005)

Director
- Angelina Maccarone
Writers
- Angelina Maccarone(screenplay)
- Judith Kaufmann(screenplay)
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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. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Genre
- Drama
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

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.

Connections
Featured in Schau mir in die Augen, Kleiner (2007)

Soundtracks
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Music by Jacob Hansonis (as Hansonis) and Hartmut Ewert (as Ewert)
Lyrics by Eveline Vink
Performed by Ilse Bevelander

Top review

8/10

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.

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Release date
- October 20, 2005 (Germany)
Countries of origin
- Germany
- Austria
Languages
Also known as
- Чужая кожа
Filming locations
- Filderstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Production companies
- Fischer Film
- MMM Film Zimmermann & Co.
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Budget
- €2,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $3,025
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,025
- Nov 20, 2005
Gross worldwide
- $3,025

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Runtime
1 hour 37 minutes
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Digital

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