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Learning How to Swim
Hasan and Ruksan are a couple who fled away from the internal war in Syria and settled in Izmir, Cesme in Turkey. They dream about leaving Cesme to go to Europe by boat for a better future. Ruksan learns how to swim so she can survive if things go wrong.
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Hasan and Ruksan are a couple who fled away from the internal war in Syria and settled in Izmir, Cesme in Turkey. They dream about leaving Cesme to go to Europe by boat for a better future. Ruksan learns how to swim so she can survive if things go wrong.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Serpil Altın
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Runtime:12 minutes
Studio:Serpil Altın Film
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