Neither Fish, Nor Fowl

Neither Fish, Nor Fowl

Nicht Fisch, nicht Fleisch
🎞️ Movie 90 min DE
โ˜… 6.7 /10 2002

Adopted as a baby in Korea and raised in a provincial German town, Michael has two identities. Unable to look in the mirror without feeling the hole in his history, he longs to know and be assured of his own identity. When his adoptive parents divorce, Michael feels lost and runs to his best friend in Berlin. But it's a new confrontational friendship with beautiful Jin Hi that forces him to re-examine himself. In Berlin's Korean community Michael is "neither fish nor fowl", a Korean-German with no knowledge of Korean language and tradition. Trapped between two cultures, Michael's realization that he's a stranger in his own home stirs him to question what it is that defines oneself. Underscored by stark photography, luminous performances, and a deeply echoing script, Neither Fish Nor Fowl transforms the terrain of self-awareness into a strange, lonely, and desperately universal story.

Cast

Ill-Young Kim
Ill-Young Kim
Michael
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Ju Youn Kim
Jin Hi
Lisa Kreuzer
Lisa Kreuzer
Renate
Christian Steyer
Christian Steyer
Fred
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Jürgen Lehmann
Linus
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Sun-Chai Chung
Master Koo
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Adina Vetter
Kris
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Jong-Gill Asathal
Park-Dal Bong
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Hyun-Ja Ruschmann
Mi Rah
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Young-Hu Kim
Won
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Martin Theo Krieger
Composer
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Henning Stirner
Cinematographer