Exile

country

Germany, Belgium, Kosovo

Director

Visar Morina

Year

2020

Run time

121 min

Awards/Main Selection

Sundance 2020 World Cinema Dramatic Competition, Berlinale 2020 Panorama, Heart of Sarajevo

Genre

Drama

Xhafer, a 45 year old, Kosovo-born pharmaceutical engineer living in Germany suddenly feels discriminated against and bullied at work because of his ethnic background. When Xhafer finds a dead rat hanging from the gate in front of his home, it is immediately clear to him that his racist colleagues could be behind it. Every occurrence, every word, every gesture is taken as evidence. Xhafer’s uneasiness grows every day. His German wife Nora is tired of him playing the racism card all the time. Do his colleagues simply dislike him? Or is there more to their hostility? Is this all in his mind or is it the actual reality?