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Ivy (2015)

Ivy poster
Original title
Sarmaşık
Directed by
Tolga Karaçelik
Genre
drama film
Country
Turkey
Runtime
1h 44m
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 109 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

The crew of a cargo ship stranded at sea deal with isolation and unraveling tensions. The story follows their daily struggles and confrontations as the ship remains motionless.

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What happens

Ivy (Turkish: Sarmaşık) is a 2015 Turkish drama film written and directed by Turkish filmmaker Tolga Karaçelik. After premiering in-competition at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in Utah, the film continued its festival circuit, screening at more than 30 international film festivals, including Toronto IFF, Karlovy Vary IFF, São Paulo IFF and Sydney FF. The film won four awards at the Antalya International Film Festival (previously known as Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival) including Best Film and Best Director, making Karaçelik one of the youngest directors to ever receive the Golden Orange. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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