To those who were lost beyond the waves...

Learning How to Swim

NR (0 votes)• 2017• 12m•Released

Drama

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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.

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Languages: Arabic, Turkish

Director: Serpil Altın

Starring Cast: Gönül Nagiyeva, Ergun Kuyucu, Korhan Uğur, Ahmet Canbaz, Gürkan Horasanlı, Göktürk Horasanlı

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Gönül Nagiyeva

Ruksan

Ergun Kuyucu

Hasan

Korhan Uğur

Human Trafficker 1

Ahmet Canbaz

Human Trafficker 2

Gürkan Horasanlı

Father

Göktürk Horasanlı

The Boy

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