The Heavy Burden

The Heavy Burden

2019•17m

Drama

AVDEL feeds his family with the salary of his old donkey, BOZO, who works in the waste department of the city of Mardin in Turkey. It is also home to his nephew, SALIH, who fled Syria because of the war. After BOZO’s “retirement”, Avdel must find a younger ass to continue to earn his salary. So traumatized by the war Salih returns to Syria to recover his.

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KU

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Cast

Nazmi Kırık

Nazmi Kırık

Manager

Mehmet Ali Arpa

Jiro

Engin Emre Değer

Engin Emre Değer

Atiye Özdil

Adle Gündüz

Burhan Uçkan

Sait Alatay

Yusuf Bakis

Saman Mustefa

Salih

Adil Abdulrahman

Adil Abdulrahman

Avdel

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