The Heavy Burden (2019)
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.
Director:
Yılmaz Özdil
Writer:
Yılmaz Özdil
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Nazmi Kırık as Manager |
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Mehmet Ali Arpa as Jiro |
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Engin Emre Değer as |
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Atiye Özdil as |
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Adle Gündüz as |
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Burhan Uçkan as |
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Sait Alatay as |
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Yusuf Bakis as |
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Saman Mustefa as Salih |
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Adil Abdulrahman as Avdel |
| Directing | Yılmaz Özdil | Director |
| Editing | Yılmaz Özdil | Editor |
| Writing | Yılmaz Özdil | Screenplay |
| Editing | Doruk Kaya | Editor |
| Production | Yılmaz Özdil | Producer |
| Camera | Dilşat Canan | Director of Photography |