Do Not Forget Me Istanbul | |
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Directed by | Hany Abu-Assad Stefan Arsenijević Aida Begić Josefina Markarian Eric Nazarian Stergios Niziris Omar Shargawi |
Starring | Ali Suliman Hiam Abbass |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
Country | Turkey |
Languages | Serbian Bosnian Turkish Greek Hebrew |
Do Not Forget Me Istanbul is a 2011 Greek / Turkish anthology film. [1]
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