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Merry-Go-Round (2010)

Merry-Go-Round poster
Original title
Atlıkarınca
Directed by
İlksen Başarır
Genre
drama film
Country
Turkey
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A family in Turkey struggles to cope with the aftermath of incest. The film follows their daily lives as they deal with the emotional and psychological fallout.

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What happens

Merry-Go-Round (Turkish: Atlıkarınca) is a 2010 Turkish drama film directed by İlksen Başarır, which tells the story of a family dealing with incest. The film, which is the second collaboration between writer-director İlksen Başarır and co-writer Mert Fırat following the former's award-winning directorial debut film Love in Another Language (Turkish: Başka Dilde Aşk), was selected for the 47th Antalya "Golden Orange" International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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