Journey of Hope (film)

Infobox Film
name = Journey of Hope


caption =
director = Xavier Koller
producer = Peter-Christian Fueter
Alfi Sinniger
writer = Feride Çiçekoğlu
Xavier Koller
starring =Antonella Attili
Enzo Cannavale
Isa Danieli
music =
cinematography = Elemér Ragályi
editing =
distributor = Miramax (US release)
released = flagicon|Switzerland August, 1990 (premiere at Locarno International Film Festival)
flagicon|USA 26 April, 1991
runtime = 110 min
language = Turkish
Swiss German
budget =
imdb_id = 0100470

"Journey of Hope" (German: "Reise der Hoffnung"; Turkish: "Umuda yolculuk") is a 1990 film directed by Xavier Koller. It tells the story of a Kurdish family from Turkey who try to illegally emigrate to Switzerland, a country they know only from a postcard. The film is a co-production between companies in Switzerland, Turkey and the UK.

The film won the 1990 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The film was submitted to the Academy by the Swiss government, resulting in that nation's second Oscar win.

External links

*imdb title|id=0100470|title=Reise der Hoffnung

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title=Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
years=1990
before="Cinema Paradiso"
after="Mediterraneo"