Min dit (The Children of Diyarbakir)

  • Min dit (The Children of Diyarbakir)
Genre : Action
Type : Fiction
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Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2009
Format : Feature
Running time : 102 (in minutes)

The effects of political violence are made all too clear in this moving tale of orphans who are forced to confront their parents' killer.

Ten-year old Gulistan and her younger brother Firat live happily with their parents in Diyarbakir, the heart of Turkish Kurdistan. Tragedy strikes when their mother and father are shot down by paramilitary gunmen before their eyes. Traumatised and orphaned, Gulistan, Firat and their infant sister are placed in the care of their young, politically-active aunt Yekbun who soon disappears without a trace. As days turn into weeks, the money that their aunt left them runs out. Eventually, the children have to fend for themselves on the streets, where one day, Gulistan is shocked to come across the murderer of her parents.

Germany, Turkey/2009/Kurdish, Turkish dialogue with English subtitles/Colour/35mm/102 mins
Directed by: Miraz Bezar

Interests: Mystery, Action
Contains: Violence - Adult Themes and References (18+)

2009 | DIFF, Dubai
* Cinema of AsiaAfrica
* Middle East Premiere Premiere

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