Top Cast
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Deniz Türkali
Alis
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Şebnem Sönmez
Hayret
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Mücahit Koçak
Üzeyir
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Ceren Taşçı
Mine
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Kaan Sevi
Hakan
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Erkan Akbulut
Mami
Overview
Alis, an Armenian woman in Turkey, returns to her summerhouse to find her surroundings gone. Urban change threatens her home. Haunted by childhood traumas, she resists, planting her plastic umbrella as a quiet yet firm defiance.
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