Babai

A quiet, heavy-hearted coming-of-age story that lingers on abandonment and survival, leaving you moved and unsettled rather than entertained.

Directed by

Visar Morina

Genres

Drama

Starring

Val Maloku, Astrit Kabashi, Adriana Matoshi

Overview

10-year-old Nori is obliged to grow up at a very young age after the early death of his mother and then being abandoned by his father Gezim in the Kosovo of the 1990s.After a dangerous and eventful journey, Nori finally arrives in Germany and is reunited with his father, but he cannot understand how Gezim could just have left him. And chances of them being able to stay in Germany look bleak when Gezim’s application for asylum is rejected.

How it feels

Melancholic, bleak, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Family, survival, isolation, grief

Content

Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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