Facing Mecca

Jun 21, 2017

0h 25m

★ 5.6

Overview

Pensioner Roli comes to Fareed's assistance when the Syrian refugee is faced with the burial of his Muslim wife. Together they stumble into a bewildering forest of Swiss bureaucracy to which Roli finds beautifully simple answer.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion

SRF

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Cast

Fareed

Jay Abdo

Translator

Ali Al-Fatlawi

Municipal Council

Rolf Brügger

Municipal Council

Sarah Bürge

Municipal Council

Irene Eichenberger

Islamic Mortician

Enver Fazliji

Roli

Peter Freiburghaus

Cashier

Rahel Hubacher

Yara

Merav Ibrahim

Israa

Saya Ibrahim

Municipal Council

Nina Iseli

Geomatician

Christoph Lanz

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