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Sister Fahriye

1984 · 88 min

A somber yet tender story of hardship and fragile hope, unfolding slowly with quiet emotional weight.

Overview
A victim of a forced marriage who has stabbed her husband finishes her sentence. When she is released from the prison she starts working at a factory under harsh conditions. Soon a poet falls for her, and gives her a new hope in love.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • isolation
  • love
  • class
  • healing
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Yavuz Turgul
Written by
Yavuz Turgul
Starring
Müjde Ar, Mesut Çakarlı, Tarık Tarcan, Kadir Savun, Haldun Ergüvenç, İhsan Yüce, Hikmet Gül, Nermin Denizci
Cinematography
Çetin Tunca
Runtime
88 min
Country
Turkey
Languages
Turkish

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