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Big Man, Little Love (2001)

Big Man, Little Love (2001)

Drama
Release Date: 2001, October 19
Directors: Handan İpekçi
Countries: France, Greece, Hungary, Turkey
Production: Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Eurimages, Focusfilm Kft., Greek Film Centre, Tivoli Film Produkcio
Cast: Füsun Demirel, Feyyaz Duman, Yakup Yavru, Ulgar Manzakoğlu, Yıldız Kenter, Dilan Erçetin, Klára Varga, Şükran Güngör, İsmail Hakkı Şen, Sevinç Erol, Erdal Ceviz, Saniye Tunç

Overview:

An orphaned Kurdish child (Hêjar) and a Turkish pensioner (Rıfat) are thrown together by circumstance. Rıfat, a widowed retired judge, refuses to get involved in politics. He is forced out of his solitude, when Hêjar the only survivor of a police raid on his Kurdish neighbors, takes refuge at his home. Gradually, he warms up to the kid and decides to reunite her with her family.

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