The Escape

Cabir believes he killed a man while fleeing the police in the Turkish-Greek-Bulgarian border area. His feelings of guilt pursue him like a ghost. But is his victim actually the husband of Aliyes, the woman Cabir takes in, hiding, protecting him? Atmospherically dense, Turkish love drama about a refugee from Syria.

Cast

Ali Suliman

as Cabir

Jale Arıkan

as Aliye

Mustafa Avkıran

as Sadik

Muhammed Cangören

as Kurbagaci

Burak Çimen

as Kurbagaci Yahya

Burak Türker

as Patron

Yusuf Demircioğlu

as Muhtar

Hakan Tuna

Erdoğan Eğmen

as Komutan

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