Anna & Saihou - A Love Story
Director Denise Dismer
Countries Germany
Duration 43 min
Synopsis
Saihou is an asylum-seeker from Gambia living in Germany. He is sharing a small room with three fellow Africans in a small village and is neither allowed to work nor to leave the federated state of Baden-Württemberg. His girlfriend Anna lives in Berlin. But he is able to visit her for a limited period only when she asks permission for him.
They both dream of a future together. But in order to cohabit, they must marry. The authorities refuse to issue the required certificate of no impediment marriage. Then comes the shocking news: Saihou must leave Germany within four weeks, or he will be deported…