The happy gay couple David and Khaled would love to marry publicly - if there weren't Khaled's homophobic father Faisal, David's pseudo orthodox Jewish acting mother Lea and a possible paternity and gallery insolvency.
Acting
Maren Kroymann steals every scene as the theatrical mother.
Writing
Balances German and Arab family dynamics with surprising nuance.
Director
Hanno Olderdissen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rare German film centering queer Arab-German relationships without centering white savior narratives.
Director Hanno Olderdissen later pivoted to children's films; this remains his only adult queer comedy.
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