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In the streets of Istanbul, ailing waste warehouse worker Mehmet takes a small boy under his wing and must soon confront his own traumatic childhood.
In the streets of Istanbul, ailing waste warehouse worker Mehmet takes a small boy under his wing and must soon confront his own traumatic childhood.
Çağatay Ulusoy
Mehmet
Emir Ali Doğrul
Ali
Ersin Arıcı
Gonzales
Turgay Tanülkü
Tahsin
Selen Öztürk
Mom
Tomris Çetinel
Yaşlı Kadın
Enver Aktay
Enver
In the streets of Istanbul, ailing waste warehouse worker Mehmet takes a small boy under his wing and must soon confront his own traumatic childhood.
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