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Son-in-Law VS Father-in-Law
Sakit, the father of three daughters, cannot accept that they have already grown up and reached the age to start a family. For him, his daughters are still little children. When Sakit finds out that his eldest daughter Lala and his middle daughter Jala have someone they love, he cannot find peace. Instead of accepting the prospective sons-in-law, Sakit begins to put them through increasingly difficult and funny trials, one after another. Caught between being a father and being a father-in-law, Sakit tries both to protect his daughters and not to stand in the way of love. At the same time, he himself is still being tested by his father-in-law, Vidadi.
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Sakit, the father of three daughters, cannot accept that they have already grown up and reached the age to start a family. For him, his daughters are still little children. When Sakit finds out that his eldest daughter Lala and his middle daughter Jala have someone they love, he cannot find peace. Instead of accepting the prospective sons-in-law, Sakit begins to put them through increasingly difficult and funny trials, one after another. Caught between being a father and being a father-in-law, Sakit tries both to protect his daughters and not to stand in the way of love. At the same time, he himself is still being tested by his father-in-law, Vidadi.
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Genre:Comedy, Romance, Family
Written By:Faila Nabiyeva, Konul Alasova, Türkan Mehtiyeva, Tarlan Nur-Yashar, Valeh Ahmadov
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Runtime:77 minutes
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