My boy, look at the stars

My boy, look at the stars

My boy, look at the stars

2012 · 66 min · ★ 8.0 · Documentary, History

February 28 is Deniz Gezmiş's birthday… He would have been 75 years old today; but it only lived for 25 years, and in those 25 years, it had an impact that spanned 75 years. When you have a 25-year-old son, one feels better, what was done to him...

Directed by Yunus Nihat Özcan

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