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Learning How to Swim

201712mMovieDrama

Hasan and Ruksan are a couple who fled away from the internal war in Syria and settled in Izmir, Cesme in Turkey. They dream about leaving Cesme to go to Europe by boat for a better future. Ruksan learns how to swim so she can survive if things go wrong.

DirectorSerpil Altın
WriterSerpil Altın
ProducersSerpil Altın·Korhan Uğur

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Cast · Directed by Serpil Altın

GNGönül Nagiyeva
Gönül Nagiyeva
Ruksan
EKErgun Kuyucu
Ergun Kuyucu
Hasan
KU
Korhan Uğur
Human Trafficker 1
AC
Ahmet Canbaz
Human Trafficker 2
GH
Gürkan Horasanlı
Father
GH
Göktürk Horasanlı
The Boy

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