I advice to everybody ... please watch this very funny and romantic German-Turkish road movie. It will be good after watch unnatural Hollywood movies with similar scripts .Moritz Bleibtreu ... Daniel Bannier ( Just great actor. You must see him in Run Lola Run, too ) Christiane Paul ... Juli ( I loved her after I watched movie. Very natural and beautiful actress ) Faith Akýn ... ( Great director from Germany. Also he is a Turk. But he still living and working in Germany. I advice to see other great movies. Head-on, Auf der anderen Seite etc. )Trust me, you will never regret to watch this movie !!!

This film is aided tremendously by the performances of its very charismatic stars, Moritz Bleibtreu and Christiane Paul. For a movie that relies on two people to carry it, it is imperative they appeal to the audience and, fortunately, both succeed. This German movie is everything a road trip movie should be: fun, surprising, unabashedly romantic, filled with well-developed characters and plot twists interesting enough to hold one's attention throughout. It is testament to the solid writing that we genuinely care about both of the main characters and like them so much that we simultaneously want them to attain their own desires as well as those we have chosen for them. I didn't really find any false steps in this movie and every time it seemed to venture into an undesirable area, it ended up advancing the plot in a positive way. No, it isn't terribly realistic, some of it seems contrived and in ways it is somewhat predictable. These faults are forgivable, however, because it is so well done. Another thing that sets this movie apart from the pack is that it is one German movie that does not actually attempt to deal with the country's Nazis past (for once). For me it has the added attractions that some of it was set in Hamburg, where I lived for a time, as well as being in German, which was my major in college. However, that is a personal preference and not everyone will find that terribly appealing. If road trips or romantic comedies are your bag, I recommend this one highly.

Daniel was a practicing teacher in Hamburg. After he bought a ring from a street saleswoman Juli, he decided to find out who was his true love. In fact Juli loved him at the first sight. When Daniel accidentally met a tourist, he thought she was his true love.However the tourist went to Istanbul in several days. Daniel made his mind to go to Istanbul to find her. Unexpectedly he met Juli on his way. Although Juli learned his real intension, she still would like to accompany him to Istanbul because she did not want to give up.What happened on the journey was very interesting. Juli's persistence really moved my heart. Sometimes true love is close to you. If you are careful, you will not let your true love slip away.An enchanting romantic movie. 8/10

I came across Faith Akin's movie "Im Juli" /("In July") by pure chance and the fact that it had Moritz Bleibtreu (from "Run Lola Run" fame) in it made it appeal to me since I liked Moritz in previous other movies.The movie tells the story of a young teacher (Moritz) who thinks he had met the love of his life in a Turkish girl and follows her to Istanbul/Turkey. At the same time his real true love, Juli (Christiane Paul) travels with him, saves him and silently tries to win his heart over.In the end everything finds it's solution and climax beneath the Posporus bridge in Istanbul - the meeting point.The movie is well paced, doesn't have big special effects, but tells a wonderful story. Faith Akin's latest movie "Gegen die Wand" /("Head on") made him internationally aware to critics and a bigger audience.Unfortunately unlike with "Gegen die Wand", there is no international release for "Im Juli" - so the movie only has German language and subtitles...