Arezo

Directed by Alireza Esfandiarnezhad and Alireza Ghasemi

With Mona Pirzad, Oleg Tikhomirov, Martin Luding and Sabine Weithöner

After the deterioration of her situation in Afghanistan, Arezo's mother flees to Germany to rejoin with her daughter who moved there years ago. However, when her application for asylum is rejected, they decide, based on the supposedly poor health of the mother, to appeal against the deportation. On the day of the court-ordered medical checkup, Arezo injects her mother with a potent and dangerous drug designed to fool the medical tests. But while the plan seems to work, her mother's condition is deteriorating faster than expected.