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In 1981, iconic Turkish film director escapes jail to France, his last work re-creating with other exiles the prison lives they left behind.
Top billed cast
Barış AtayYılmaz Güney (Reenactment)
Funda EryiğitNarrator
Ali BerktaySelf- İsmail YıldırımSelf
Marin KarmitzSelf- Donat KeuschSelf
Patrick BlossierSelf- Ayşe Emel MesçiSelf
- François KotlarskiSelf
- Jean Marc LebeaupinSelf
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