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A Season in Hakkari(1983)
Status: Released
Date: 1983-01-02
69%
13 Votes
Time: 1h 50m
Overview:
An urban Turkish teacher is transferred for political reasons to a backward Kurdish village in the mountains near the Iranian border. He is welcomed with distrust, but during that harsh year the mutual cultural misunderstandings fade away.
Languages: Turkish, Kurdish.
Countries:
Turkey,
Germany
ProductionCompanies:
Kentel Film
Movie: A Season in Hakkari
Top 8 Billed Cast
Genco Erkal
The Teacher
Erkan Yücel
Halit
Şerif Sezer
Zazi
Rana Cabbar
Village head
Erol Demiröz
Ramazan
Berrin Koper
Zazi's daughter
Macit Koper
Schools inspector
Zeynep Irgat
Halit's wife
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