Movie-Database: Movies
Fremd
Credits
Name: Fremd
Country: Deutschland; Mali; Algerien; Marokko
Year of publication: 2011
Format: DVD
Color: color
Language : OF franz./bambara m. dt. UT
Duration: 93 Minuten
Direction: Faßbender, Miriam
Screenplay: Faßbender, Miriam
Camera: Faßbender, Miriam
Editing: Landeck, Andreas
Sound: Lüde, Kai
Abstract
On his way from south of the Sahara to the paradise of conceptions called Europe, Mohamed is constantly haunted by three questions: will I drown into the sea, will I get there, will I be banished once I am there? Foreign follows the journey of the young man from Mali to the vantage point to Europe. One of the oldest routes to a better life runs through Algeria to Morocco and finally to Spain.
The documentary gives face to migration across the Mediterranean. Mohamed, the first born of a family of seven, is sent travelling when the family has a need for a provider. The parents sell their cows to fund his way – turning back is not an option. On this years-long journey all sense of time disappears, and one’s worth as a human being is based solely on hope.