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Berdel

1990 · 85 min

A slow-burning family drama that immerses you in cultural pressures and emotional struggles.

Directed by: Atıf Yılmaz
Genres: Romance, Drama, Family
Starring: Türkan Şoray, Tarık Akan, Füsun Demirel

Overview: Family relations begins to get rough when father of the house desperately insists to have a boy and his first wife gives birth to their forth daughter.

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Directed by: Atıf Yılmaz
Genres: Romance, Drama, Family
Starring: Türkan Şoray, Tarık Akan, Füsun Demirel

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: family
parenthood
gender
trauma
identity
Places: home
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	4
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: romance, drama, family
Directed by: Atıf Yılmaz
Written by: Yıldırım Türker
Starring: Türkan Şoray, Tarık Akan, Füsun Demirel, Mine Çayıroğlu, Cem Bender, Taner Barlas, Gülsen Tuncer, Levend Yılmaz
Music: Selim Atakan
Cinematography: Erdal Kahraman
Runtime: 85 min
Country: Turkey
Languages: Turkish

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