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Something Useful (2017) [N/A]

Featuring:
Basak Köklükaya, Öykü Karayel, Yigit Özsener

Written by:
Baris Bicakci
Pelin Esmer

Directed by:
Pelin Esmer


Release Date:
April 12, 2017

Original Title:
İşe Yarar Bir Şey

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Les Films de l'Après-Midi
Mars Productions
Sinefilm
Topkapi Films
mîtosfilm

Production Countries:
France | Germany | Netherlands | Turkey

Ratings / Certifications:
NL: AL 

Runtime: 107

Overview from TheMovieDB

A chance meeting on a train in the Turkish countryside leads two women to a journey that shows them the importance of setting a path for one's life.

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Overview from Open Movies

Why would someone like Leyla go to a high school reunion dinner? And take an overnight train to get there. After all, she hasn't been to a single one for the last 25 years - What is Canan, a student nurse, doing on the train? Reluctantly going to an interview for a nursing job when she would like to be an actress instead. And Yavuz? He spends all day lying by the window watching the passing hawkers, horse carriages and people. He is waiting for Canan, or maybe Leyla, or maybe a executioner and a poet who meet on a train one night.

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Something Useful (2017) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 7.6/10
Awards Won: 13 wins & 12 nominations

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Production

Director:
Pelin Esmer

Director of Photography:
Gökhan Tiryaki

Editor:
Pelin Esmer
Evren Lus

Producer:
Pelin Esmer
Marsel Kalvo

Writer:
Pelin Esmer
Barış Bıçakçı

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