27/08/2020 - The film will tell the story of a German-Iranian geriatric nurse

Sara Fazilat in Nico

The director behind short films Under 13, Seoul, Holly, and Cheesy Films is now ready to make her feature debut with Nico [+see also:
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Sara Fazilat, who penned the script together with director Eline Gehring and Francy Fabritz, will star in the title role. The cast of the upcoming feature also includes Javeh Asefdjah, Sara Klimoska and Andreas Marquard.

Nico is being produced by the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB) and will be in five languages (German, Farsi, English, Macedonian, Spanish).