In a Turkish mountain village in the 1950s, Saniye develops fatal tuberculosis and suggests her husband take another wife for the good of the family. Six months later she is mysteriously cured and returns to her family's home—and her husband's new wife.
Hasibe Eren
Saniye
Ufuk Bayraktar
Süleyman
Selen Domaç
Hayriye
Mehmet Dere
Hikmet
Turgay Karakaya
Yılmaz
Emirhan Kartop
Mehmet
Pınar Gülmez Boyar
Beşire
Musa Yılmaz
Mahmut
Ali Meriç
Bedir
In a Turkish mountain village in the 1950s, Saniye develops fatal tuberculosis and suggests her husband take another wife for the good of the family. Six months later she is mysteriously cured and returns to her family's home—and her husband's new wife.
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