Eigentlich wollten wir zurückkehren (2012)
They came to Switzerland in the hope of a better life when they returned home. Thirty or forty years later, they're still here. Now in their retirement years, three couples who once came from Turkey and the Balkans are at a crossroads: to return or to stay? The question has been with these migrants all their lives in Switzerland. It's now urgent to find an answer, and the families of their children must also make a decision. Will the older generation return home? Who will look after old parents here or there?
Director: Yusuf Yesilöz
Genre: Documentary
Release Date: January 19, 2012
Editing: Dieter Gränicher
Production: RECK Filmproduktion Zürich, 3sat Zürich, RTS, SRF
Language: shqip, Deutsch, Kurdish, Türkçe
Original Language: de
Keywords
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- What is Eigentlich wollten wir zurückkehren about?
- They came to Switzerland in the hope of a better life when they returned home. Thirty or forty years later, they're still here. Now in their retirement years, three couples who once came from Turkey and the Balkans are at a crossroads: to return or to stay? The question has been with these migrants all their lives in Switzerland. It's now urgent to find an answer, and the families of their children must also make a decision. Will the older generation return home? Who will look after old parents here or there?
- Who directed Eigentlich wollten wir zurückkehren?
- Eigentlich wollten wir zurückkehren was directed by Yusuf Yesilöz.
- What genre is Eigentlich wollten wir zurückkehren?
- Eigentlich wollten wir zurückkehren is a Documentary film.