| Limonata | |
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| Directed by | Ali Atay |
| Starring | Ertan Saban Serkan Keskin |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | Turkey |
| Language | Turkish |
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Middle-aged Sakip goes in search of his half-brother Selim, whom he hadn't known existed until Sakip's father, Suat, at his death bed, asks Sakip to go and get him. He drives from Macedonia to Istanbul, then after many adventures searching for Selim, eventually succeeds in finding him. Then there is the attempt to convince Selim to go and see his long-lost father before he dies, how he finally ends up in the car, and the long drive back from Istanbul, through Turkey and Bulgaria to Macedonia. [2]
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