Ahmet, a filmmaker on Dostoyevsky's 'Crime and Punishment', sinks into depression, alienates loved ones, and abandons his film.
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The people behind it
Zeki Demirkubuz
Ahmet
Nurhayat Kavrak
Elif
Nilüfer Açıkalın
Serap
Serdar Orçin
Kerem
Ufuk Bayraktar
Ferit
Eda Teksöz
Sanem
Güliz Pilge
Apo Demirkubuz
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