Strange Daughter

Jun 28, 2017

1h 46m

★ 3.4

Overview

Seventeen-year-old Lena meets 19-year-old Farid, a young Muslim. She has a clear-cut attitude towards his culture and religion: utter rejection. Despite their differences – or perhaps because of them – they fall in love.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

ARD

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Cast

Lena

Elisa Schlott

Farid

Hassan Akkouch

Hannah

Heike Makatsch

Vorarbeiter

Kailas Mahadevan

Mirko

Juri Sam Winkler

Jamal

Mohamed Issa

Muslim

Frank W. Rima

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