detours while speaking of monsters

Name: detours while speaking of monsters
Director: Deniz Şimşek
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2024-02-20
Cast: Emin Şimşek

2024 · 18 min · Documentary

Here, where even monsters are political, the topography has its own memory. It has the mythological blues. Meanwhile, old gods are upset with us, and I am upset with my father.

Directed by Deniz Şimşek · Written by Deniz Şimşek

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