FÜR EIN AUGENBLICK FREIHEIT (FOR A MOMENT FREEDOM)
Director: Arash T. RIAHI
Cast: Navid AKHAVAN, Pourya MAHYARI, Kamran RAD, Payam MADJLESSI
Country: Austria, France
Year: 2008
Running time: 110 min.
Original language: Turkish, English, Farsi
Synopsis
Fast-moving and packed with action, "For a Moment Freedom" tells of the odyssey of three Iranian/Kurdish groups of refugees: a married couple with a child, two young men with two children, and two men who are friends despite the differences between them. They have all managed to escape from Iran and Iraq, but now they are stuck in the Turkish capital; although freedom is at last almost within their grasp, first they have to wait in a dubious hotel, hoping each day that their applications for asylum will be approved. This enforced break in their journey towards independence is characterised by both hope and utter uncertainty. The young Austrian-Iranian filmmaker Arash T. Riahi depicts the plight of people trying to flee their homeland and the curious, transitory state of asylum-seekers with tragic comedy and great suspense.