just wanted to add my voice to the chorus of hallelujahs...i love this movie for all the above reasons.
I was drawn to this because of my long-standing love affair with the city of Hamburg. And the city is so proudly represented here - the wonderful seedy world of the bars and clubs and all-night Turkish food joints of Altona and St. Pauli, the poetry of crushed beer cans.
Watching this film is like listening to a great Tom Waits album...it has all the gleeful lewd humor and bitter tears and truth.
And yes, Birol Unel's performance is as moving as acting gets.
There is no way to overstate how good this film is.
I was drawn to this because of my long-standing love affair with the city of Hamburg. And the city is so proudly represented here - the wonderful seedy world of the bars and clubs and all-night Turkish food joints of Altona and St. Pauli, the poetry of crushed beer cans.
Watching this film is like listening to a great Tom Waits album...it has all the gleeful lewd humor and bitter tears and truth.
And yes, Birol Unel's performance is as moving as acting gets.
There is no way to overstate how good this film is.