Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite

Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite

1989•1h 30m•7.9/10

Drama

Ratings

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7.9/10(73)

Sent to prison along with his mother after her drug conviction, a young boy develops a warm, tender relationship with a political prisoner.

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Language

TR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Nur Sürer

Nur Sürer

İnci

Ozan Bilen

Ozan Bilen

Barış

Füsun Demirel

Füsun Demirel

Fatma

Güzin Özipek

Güzin Özipek

Sultan

Güzin Özyağcılar

Güzin Özyağcılar

Selma

Meral Çetinkaya

Meral Çetinkaya

Safinaz

Ayla Arslancan

Ayla Arslancan

Ayben Erman

Ayben Erman

Emel Çeviren

Emel Çeviren

Gülsüm Ana

Tanju Tuncel

Tanju Tuncel

Seher

Sabriye Kara

Sabriye Kara

Özlem Savaş

Özlem Savaş

Arzu

Sevim Metin

Gülizar Tunç

Selma Tarcan

Selma Tarcan

Özlem Üstüner

Döne

Hale Akınlı

Hale Akınlı

Sümbül

Rozet Hubeş

Rozet Hubeş

Zeynep

Yasemin Alkaya

Yasemin Alkaya

Filiz

Sevgi Sakarya

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