Motherland (2015)
Overview
Nesrin is an urban, middle-class woman recovering from a divorce. She’s quit her office job, abandoned her house in Istanbul, and come to the village house of her deceased grandmother to finish a novel and live out her childhood dream of being a writer. When her conservative and increasingly unhinged mother turns up uninvited and refuses to leave, Nesrin’s writing stalls and her fantasies of village life turn bitter as the two are forced to confront the darker corners of each other’s inner worlds.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | tr |
| Popularity | 0.287 |
Directed By
Senem Tüzen
Crew
Senem Tüzen
Olena Yershova
Adam Isenberg
Senem Tüzen
Vedat Özdemir
Adam Isenberg
Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Metin Çelik
Leandros Ntounis
Senem Tüzen
Nikos Moutselos
Avraham Pirchi
Sevil Demirci
Gürkan Özkaya
Valia Tserou
Leandros Ntounis
TOP CAST
Esra Bezen Bilgin
Nesrin
Nihal Koldaş
Halise
Fatma Kısa
Emine
Semih Aydin
Halil
Habibe Doygun
Sister Habibe
Nuriye Durkan
Neighbor
Selvet Uysal
Neighbor
Hüseyin Özdere
Repairman
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