Top Cast
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Devrim Eylem Şeker
Elif
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Ayça Ayşe Yeniay
Ayşe
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Defne Karagöz
Şermin
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Çiğdem Aksüt
Elif’s Mom
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Gizem Taştan
Şermin’s Mom
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Ela Ege
Girl 1
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Ezo Yalıç
Girl 2
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Altay Tunasel
Boy on the beach
Overview
Elif is 10 years old, her sister Ayşe is 13. It’s a sticky summer in 1980s Istanbul. When she has an accident, Ayşe spends the summer lying down. Elif drives her sister mad, for reasons she can’t grasp. Ayşe seems out of reach as if in a distant land.
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