Film · Drama
Facing Mecca (2017)
Pensioner Roli comes to Fareed's assistance when the Syrian refugee is faced with the burial of his Muslim wife. Together they stumble into a bewildering forest of Swiss bureaucracy to which Roli finds beautifully simple answer.
- Director
- Jan-Eric Mack
- Writers
- Jan-Eric Mack, Anna Schinz
- Country
- Switzerland
- Language
- German
- Release date
- June 21, 2017
Facing Mecca cast
- Jay AbdoFareed
- Ali Al-FatlawiTranslator
- Rolf BrüggerMunicipal Council
- Sarah BürgeMunicipal Council
- Irene EichenbergerMunicipal Council
- Enver FazlijiIslamic Mortician
Peter FreiburghausRoli
Rahel HubacherCashier- Merav IbrahimYara
- Saya IbrahimIsraa
- Nina IseliMunicipal Council
- Christoph LanzGeomatician
- Nicolas RosatThomas Künzli
Ruth SchweglerDoris- Maria Kaur BediLady at the Counter
- Erich ZbindenMunicipal Council
