Kuma

I rated this movie that high because it really gives an intimate view into a partial integrated Turkish family living in Vienna.

For me such a movie is so precious because I have the feeling that it can help to get a better understanding of a foreign culture in a time of right wing gain of influence everywhere in Europe.

I'm living in Vienna too and the amount of immigrants is on the rise and I often feel threaded by it myself.

Such movies help to open the eyes that they are also no more but simply humans which helps to break up the abstract idea we have about strangers without any clue what or who they really are.

Don't get me wrong: I'm not fond of the (in my eyes) medieval approach of the conservative Turkish-Islamic culture despite it is one of the most progressive in the Islamic world.

On the other hand I'm a bit jealous of the family quality while it got nearly lost in our modern western culture.

But one must keep in mind that their model is carried mostly on the shoulders of the female part of the family (like it was before in the Christian culture in the past).

To get back: It opens a view into their live and encourages the understanding of their culture which is a very important contribution in our "I fear the unknown" world.