Academy Awards, USA 1991
| Won Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film
Switzerland.
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Miramax
Directed by Xavier Koller
My rating: 4 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Netflix)
After receiving a postcard from relatives in Switzerland describing a "paradise over the mountains", a poor Turkish farmer decides to sell everything he owns to immigrate. Leaving behind all but one of their children, he and his wife take along the youngest for a long, grueling journey. Taken advantage of along the way by unscrupulous smugglers, they finally reach Italy only to face the daunting task of crossing a high mountain pass by foot in a snow storm. Emotionally devastating film, still every bit as relevant today. Haunting soundtrack by Manfred Eicher, Jan Garbarek and Terje Rypdal, incorporates ethnic Turkish music to great effect.
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