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Movie · 1h 42m

Starring Saadet Işıl Aksoy, Erol Afşin, Onur Buldu, Ümmü Putgül

Turkish director Ali Vatansever weighs the human cost of politically motivated urban renewal in his achingly resonant second feature, about a young couple forced to compromise their ideals and work for the very industry encroaching on their Istanbul neighbourhood, in order to keep up with the rent.