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Why Can't I Be Tarkovsky?

5.820151h 50mMovieDramaComedy

Bahadır, an aspiring 35-year-old director, spends his life making cheap television films inspired by the stories of folk songs. On the other hand, he has a great ambition to make films like his idol, Tarkovsky. He stands between his dreams and the real, tragicomic conditions.

DirectorMurat Düzgünoğlu
WritersMurat Düzgünoğlu·Şebnem Vitrinel

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Cast · Directed by Murat Düzgünoğlu

TBTansu Biçer
Tansu Biçer
Bahadır
EKEsra Kızıldoğan
Esra Kızıldoğan
Yonca
MSMenderes Samancılar
Menderes Samancılar
Yazar
VS
Vuslat Saraçoğlu
Ceyda
TBTülay Bursa
Tülay Bursa
Yazarın Karısı
RYRecep Yener
Recep Yener
Baba
STSacide Taşaner
Sacide Taşaner
HBHüseyin Baylan
Hüseyin Baylan
Dayı
HKHakan Karsak
Hakan Karsak
Sedat
KYKadim Yaşar
Kadim Yaşar
Seyit
SGSerkan Genç
Serkan Genç
Bayram
TB
Timuçin Eraslan Başgül

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