When We Leave

A young woman's desire to flee an abusive marriage clashes with conservative cultural norms in this gripping German drama. Rather than take another beating from her husband, Sibel Kekilli leaves with her young son and joins her parents and siblings in Germany, an action that enrages her father Settar Tanriogen and older brother Tamer Yigit, who insist that she's shamed the family. She flees to a woman's shelter with her child when it appears that her relatives might steal him and return him to his father,but that only creates more problems within the family.