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The Heavy Burden
The Heavy Burden

The Heavy Burden

Genres

Drama

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AVDEL feeds his family with the salary of his old donkey, BOZO, who works in the waste department of the city of Mardin in Turkey. It is also home to his nephew, SALIH, who fled Syria because of the war. After BOZO’s “retirement”, Avdel must find a younger ass to continue to earn his salary. So traumatized by the war Salih returns to Syria to recover his.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Kurdish

Runtime

17 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

17 September 2019

Country

Turkey

Cast

Nazmi Kırık

Nazmi Kırık

Manager

Mehmet Ali Arpa

Mehmet Ali Arpa

Jiro

Engin Emre Değer

Engin Emre Değer

Atiye Özdil

Atiye Özdil

Adle Gündüz

Adle Gündüz

Burhan Uçkan

Burhan Uçkan

Sait Alatay

Sait Alatay

Yusuf Bakis

Yusuf Bakis

Saman Mustefa

Saman Mustefa

Salih

Adil Abdulrahman

Adil Abdulrahman

Avdel

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