The Heavy Burden

2019 | 17 minutes | 0.0 ★ (0)

The Heavy Burden
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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.

  • Release Date

    17 September 2019

  • DirectingYılmaz Özdil
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