I Saw the Sun

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I Saw the Sun

"Children here don't shape their own destiny."

2009

1h 55m

6.4(95 votes)

Drama

Overview

In the southeast region of Turkey, the Kurdish family of Altun lives in a small mountainside village plagued by a 25-year war that makes their daily lives a hellish struggle. As the war intensifies, the family is forced to migrate west to the city of Istanbul.

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45 members

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Mahsun Kırmızıgül

Ramo

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Demet Evgar

Havar

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Murat Ünalmış

Mamo

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Altan Erkekli

Davut

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Erol Demiröz

Haydar

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Cemal Toktas

Kadri

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Menderes Samancılar

Cuma

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Emre Kınay

Musto

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Ayta Sözeri

Tuana

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Buğra Gülsoy

Berat

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Ali Tutal

Kerim

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Yıldız Kültür

Pakize

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Sarp Apak

Ahmet

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Ali Sürmeli

Nedim

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Cezmi Baskın

Bünyamin

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Şerif Sezer

Gülistan

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Itır Esen

Doktor

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Zafer Ergin

Albay

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Nurseli İdiz

Müdire Hülya Hanım

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Yiğit Özşener

Yüzbaşı Caner

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Seyhan Arman

Fifi

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Deniz Oral

Tansu

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Hande Subaşı

Zehra

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Alper Kul

Serhat

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Cihat Tamer

Hakim

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Erol Günaydın

Samet

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Kamil Sönmez

Balıkçı

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Macit Sonkan

İsa

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Cem Aksakal

Cansu

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Bala Atabek

Hayriye

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VJ Bülent

Travesti

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Ceyhun Fersoy

Servis Elemanı

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Gülhan Tekin

Yetiştirme Yurdu Doktoru

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Aslıhan Kapanşahin

Seval

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Pelin Çalışkanoğlu

Aynur

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Ecem Cansu Aktay

Delal

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Ümit Okur

Tarlabaşı Adam

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Tuğse Gökhan

Zelal

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Aleyna Kala

Hazal

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Serhat Çağlayan

Azad

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Ahsen Yoldemir

Ahmet'in Annesi

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Hilal Uysun

Ahmet'in Eşi

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Adnan Demir

Ahmet'in Babası

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Ergun Taş

Kaptan Celal

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Ayhan Eroğlu

Tarlabaşı Adam

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