"Toubab" at the European Film Festival

The Goethe- Institut Cyprus is participating at the European Film Festival with the screening of the comedy Toubab. It is organized by the Institut français within the framework of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

The European Film Festival shows films from different EU countries and thereby gives space to different European stories of diversity and the coexistence of different cultures. In this way, Toubab addresses the issues of migration policy, racism and sexism with a good dose of humor.

Film summary

After his release from prison, Babtou is looking forward to a fresh start: enjoying freedom with his buddy Dennis, embracing the world - and having nothing more to do with the authorities. But of all things, his spontaneous welcome party ends up in such a mess that Babtou finds himself handcuffed again that same evening. The consequences are dramatic: he faces deportation to his "home country," Senegal, for repeated criminal offenses. But Babtou only knows Senegal from the stories his father told him. He was born in Germany, Frankfurt is his home. To prevent the impending deportation at the last second, Babtou and Dennis are willing to do anything...

Director: Florian Dietrich
Script: Florian Dietrich, Arne Dechow
Camera: Max Preiss
Editing: Florian Dietrich, Heike Parplies, Robert Kummer, Jörg Volkmar
Music: Jacob Vetter
Cast:
Farba Dieng: Babtou
Julius Nitschkoff: Dennis
Valerie Koch: Astrid Zeug
Michael Maertens: Horst Ruppert
Seyneb Saleh: Yara
Nina Gummich: Manu
Uwe Preuss: Siggi
Thelma Buabeng: Attorney at law
Paul Wollin: Cengo
Burak Yiğit: Semih