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The Heavy Burden

The Heavy Burden

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Drama
📜 Overview: 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.
🌏 Languages Available: Arabic , Kurdish , Turkish
📆 Date Released: 2019-09-17
⌚ Running Time: 17 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 0.0

Beloved Cast

Nazmi Kırık original image
Manager
Nazmi Kırık
Mehmet Ali Arpa original image
Jiro
Mehmet Ali Arpa
Engin Emre Değer original image
Engin Emre Değer
Atiye Özdil original image
Atiye Özdil
Adle Gündüz original image
Adle Gündüz
Burhan Uçkan original image
Burhan Uçkan
Sait Alatay original image
Sait Alatay
Yusuf Bakis original image
Yusuf Bakis
Saman Mustefa original image
Salih
Saman Mustefa
Adil Abdulrahman original image
Avdel
Adil Abdulrahman

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