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7.8/10   406 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Handan Ipekçi (writer)
Release Date:
19 October 2001 (Turkey) more
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Tagline:
A little Kurdish girl humanizes a big Turkish judge!
Plot:
Hejar, meaning "Dispossessed", a little Kurdish orphan war victim, educates a Turkish judge! | add synopsis
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Awards:
9 wins & 2 nominations more
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Cast

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Sükran Güngör ... Rifat Bey
Dilan Erçetin ... Hejar
Füsun Demirel ... Sakine
Yildiz Kenter ... Müzeyyen Hanim
Ismail Hakki Sen ... Evdo Emmi
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Hejar (Greece) (TV title) (International: English title) (festival title)
Big Man, Little Love (International: English title)
Megali exousia, mikri agapi (Greece) (TV title)
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Runtime:
120 min
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The film was banned in Turkey in March, 2002 for "promoting Kurdish nationalism" and "presenting Turkish police in a negative light". more

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11 out of 14 people found the following review useful.
radical for turkey, 25 October 2002
9/10
Author: aysin from izmir, turkey

I think this movie deserves a lot more credit once viewed within the context of modern turkey. without this context, the movie may seem like your run of the mill gruff-old-man-meets-cute-little-girl-and-sheds-rough-exterior story yet there is much more to it than that. i thought it was a very welcome move that the movie not only took a stab at police brutality and political persecution in turkey (which are everyday realities), it also challenged the standard, "progressive", ataturkist line about a homogenous nation (one nation/one language, etc). it was very touching to see the subtle transition that this man of principles experienced in coming to terms with the brutal reality of eastern turkey. the acting was also quite natural -- the vulnerability that the little girl displayed was superb.

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