Exile

Director: Visar Morina, 2020, German, 121 minutes, Drama, Color

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. Every occurrence, every word, every gesture is taken as evidence. 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?

It's always in the back of our minds to try our luck in another city or country to find a decent job. In all these considerations, the scope of work also determines how we can stand on our own identity. In the film, we are shown how the condition of "loneliness in the crowd" is experienced by an immigrant worker who is seen as having a different identity background.