After her father is arrested for political reasons by the Turkish government, little Sirin is finally allowed to visit him in prison for the first time. When a prison official interprets her painting of a bird as an anarchistic symbol and confiscates it, the girl is devastated, but her father encourages her to believe in the freedom of thought. For her second visit, she paints a "harmless" mandarin tree. Will her hidden message be discovered?
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Beren Tuna
Beren
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Billey Demirtaş
Seyid
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KDD - Kriminaldauerdienst
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Sirin
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Ferhat Keskin
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Yasar Cetin
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Rojan Juan Barani
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The Privilege
Cengiz Akaygün Director
First release September 12, 2018 · Produced in Germany · Original title Der Mandarinenbaum
Production
Germany
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Original title
Der Mandarinenbaum
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
Turkish
Release dates
Germany · September 12, 2018
Premiere · Filmschau Baden-Württemberg
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