Fate

Fate

2001 · 119 min · ★ 7.2 · Drama

Musa, a customs clerk, sees life as absurd. He drifts with events; his mother's death, though loved, brings him strange joy.

Directed by Zeki Demirkubuz · Written by Zeki Demirkubuz

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