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Paper Lives

Paper Lives

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Paper Lives

2021

1h 36m

8.0(415 votes)

Drama

Overview

In the streets of Istanbul, ailing waste warehouse worker Mehmet takes a small boy under his wing and must soon confront his own traumatic childhood.

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Netflix

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Cast & Crew

7 members

Acting

Çağatay Ulusoy

Mehmet

Çağatay Ulusoy

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Emir Ali Doğrul

Ali

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Ersin Arıcı

Gonzales

Ersin Arıcı

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Turgay Tanülkü

Tahsin

Turgay Tanülkü

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Selen Öztürk

Mom

Selen Öztürk

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Tomris Çetinel

Yaşlı Kadın

Tomris Çetinel

Crew

Enver Aktay

Enver

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