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Ali's Eight Days (2009)

Ali's Eight Days poster
Original title
Ali'nin Sekiz Günü
Directed by
Cemal Şan
Genre
drama film
Country
Turkey
Runtime
1h 47m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 21 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young shop owner falls in love with a woman who is escaping an abusive relationship. The story follows eight days in their lives as they navigate this connection.

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What happens

Ali's Eight Days (Turkish: Ali'nin Sekiz Günü) is a 2009 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Cemal Şan, starring Serdar Orçin as a young shop owner who falls in love with a woman escaping from an abusive relationship. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on May 8, 2009 (2009-05-08), was shown at the 20th Ankara International Film Festival. It is the final part of a trilogy of films which includes Zeynep's Eight Days (2007) and Dilber's Eight Days (2008). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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