Yellow Heat

Oct 19, 2017

1h 25m

★ 5.0

Overview

In a field surrounded and squeezed by increasing industrialization, an immigrant family, deep in financial debt, struggles to survive through traditional farming. Their son, Ibrahim, dreams of a different future for himself.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

FNR Film

Verba Film

Yellow Heat Trailers

Cast

İbrahim

Aytaç Uşun

Necip Ağa

Mehmet Özgür

İzzet

Gökhan Şimşek

Şekip

Cem Zeynel Kılıç

Muhittin

Tarık Köksal

Murat

Akan Atakan

Meryem

Seher Çuhadar

Hıdır

Bayram Polat

Seyit

Süleyman Dağlioğlu

Zehra

Serap Gezer

Remziye

Kübra Teke

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