Araf/Somewhere in Between

Sep 21, 2012

2h 4m

★ 4.7

Overview

Araf is the story of Zehra and Olgun whose lives are caught in a vacuum. The world in which they live and work is a place of throwaway culture and constant change. They too are waiting for a chance to change and escape from their empty, monotonous lives.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

The Match Factory

Catherine Dussart Productions

Hubert Bals Fund

MEDIA Programme of the European Union

CNC

+90 Film Production

ZDF

ARTE

Pusan Promotion Plan

Ustaoglu Production

TRT

Eurimages

World Cinema Fund

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Cast

Zehra

Neslihan Atagül

Mahur

Özcan Deniz

Olgun

Barış Hacıhan

Derya

Nihal Yalçın

Rifat

Ilgaz Kocatürk

Can Basak

Meryem

Yasemin Baştan

Nuri

Erol Babaoğlu

Feride

Feride Karaman

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