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The Sparrow's Tear

2023 · 117 min

A serious, issue-driven drama that follows a determined lawyer fighting for women, with a tense and emotionally weighty atmosphere.

Directed by
Aysun Akyüz Mehdiabbas
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ezgi Şenler, Uğur Güneş, Yeşim Salkım
Overview
Successful lawyer Ayten, who deals with the cases of victimized women, takes the case of Emine, who killed her husband. A common point in the duo's past reminds all women that "the past is the mirror of the future".

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Directed by
Aysun Akyüz Mehdiabbas
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ezgi Şenler, Uğur Güneş, Yeşim Salkım
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • gender
  • trauma
  • betrayal
  • power
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Aysun Akyüz Mehdiabbas
Written by
Şengül Boyraş
Starring
Ezgi Şenler, Uğur Güneş, Yeşim Salkım, Tamer Karadağlı, Soydan Soydaş, Arzu Cabar, Özlem Gürses, Bilge Şen
Runtime
117 min
Country
Turkey
Languages
Turkish

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