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Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite(1989)
Status: Released
Date: 1989-04-14
79%
64 Votes
Time: 1h 30m
Overview:
Sent to prison along with his mother after her drug conviction, a young boy develops a warm, tender relationship with a political prisoner.
Languages: Turkish.
Countries:
Turkey
Movie: Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite
Top 10 Billed Cast
Nur Sürer
İnci
Ozan Bilen
Barış
Füsun Demirel
Fatma
Güzin Özipek
Sultan
Güzin Özyağcılar
Selma
Meral Çetinkaya
Safinaz
Ayla Arslancan
Ayben Erman
Emel Çeviren
Gülsüm Ana
Tanju Tuncel
Seher
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Overview
Sent to prison along with his mother after her drug conviction, a young boy develops a warm, tender relationship with a political prisoner.
Release Date
1989-04-14
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