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Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite
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Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite

Apr 14, 1989
1h 30m
★ 7.9

Overview

Sent to prison along with his mother after her drug conviction, a young boy develops a warm, tender relationship with a political prisoner.

Genres

Drama

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Cast

Nur Sürer

İnci

Nur Sürer

Ozan Bilen

Barış

Ozan Bilen

Füsun Demirel

Fatma

Füsun Demirel

Güzin Özipek

Sultan

Güzin Özipek

Güzin Özyağcılar

Selma

Güzin Özyağcılar

Meral Çetinkaya

Safinaz

Meral Çetinkaya

Ayla Arslancan

Ayla Arslancan

Ayben Erman

Ayben Erman

Emel Çeviren

Gülsüm Ana

Emel Çeviren

Tanju Tuncel

Seher

Tanju Tuncel

Sabriye Kara

Sabriye Kara

Özlem Savaş

Arzu

Özlem Savaş