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Dormitory
Dormitory

Dormitory

Genres

Drama

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Forced to leave the comfort of his middle class lifestyle at his father's behest, fourteen-year-old Ahmet is sent to an all-boys religious dormitory where he must navigate familial expectations, his religious obligations, and the childhood to which he so desperately clings.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Turkish

Runtime

118 mins

Rating

6.346/10

Release Date

03 April 2024

Country

France

Cast

Doğa Karakaş

Doğa Karakaş

Ahmet

Can Bartu Arslan

Can Bartu Arslan

Hakan

Ozan Çelik

Ozan Çelik

Yakup Hodja

Tansu Biçer

Tansu Biçer

Father

Didem Ellialtı

Didem Ellialtı

Mother

Orhan Güner

Orhan Güner

Behlül Hodja

Işıltı Su Alyanak

Işıltı Su Alyanak

Sevinç

Ozan Bilen

Ozan Bilen

Service driver

Fatih Berk Şahin

Fatih Berk Şahin

School bully

Emrullah Erbay

Emrullah Erbay

Enes Hodja

Erdi Kökerer

Erdi Kökerer

Macid

Tolga T. Talay

Tolga T. Talay

Hojda at Yurt

Miraç Kaya

Miraç Kaya

Musa

Nazlı Benan Özkaya

Nazlı Benan Özkaya

English teacher

Ercan Erdil

Ercan Erdil

Bully around dormitory

Esila Ergün

Esila Ergün

Little girl

Gülnur Ünal

Gülnur Ünal

Little girl's mother

Mehmet Onur Atbaş

Mehmet Onur Atbaş

Commander

İbrahim Olam

İbrahim Olam

School manager

Hasan Baycuman

Hasan Baycuman

Guest Hodja

Aysel Kizil

Aysel Kizil

Hodja's wife

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