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The Small Town (1997)

The Small Town poster
Original title
Kasaba
Directed by
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Genre
drama film
Country
Turkey
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 116 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This film follows a family living in a small, gloomy Turkish town. It shows how children see the world and how they deal with life becoming more complicated as they grow up.

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What happens

Kasaba (internationally known as The Small Town or simply The Town) is a 1997 Turkish film directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan in his feature film debut. The film tells the story of a family living in a gloomy small town in Turkey through the eyes of children and how they cope with the increasing complexity of life as they become adults. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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