Trailer

I Was I Am I Will Be

Runtime
2hrs 2mins
Directed by
Ilker Çatak
Featuring
Anne Ratte-Polle, Ogulcan Arman Uslu, Godehard Giese
Film Language
German
Body

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Opposite worlds collide when Baran, a Turkish sex worker, meets Marion, a German pilot, on the beaches of the resort town of Marmaris. In his pursuit of a better life in Europe, Baran convinces Marion to take him back to Germany, but what starts as an arrangement begins to develop into something deeper. I Was I Am I Will Be is an examination of life's unpredictability and progression from a troubled past, to a complicated present, and the hopeful promise of the future.

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Plus, watch the introduction from director Ilker Çatak below:

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