Sidewalk Sisters
2008, Turkish. Directed by Yasemin Alkaya.
Elif and her sisters Funda and Aysun have spent much of their adult life coming to terms with a traumatic childhood in which their parents were killed during a bus accident that left the siblings terrified but physically unhurt. In time Funda and Aysun became mentally ill, and it fell to Elif to care for them, but eventually the burden became more than Elif and her husband could bear, and they deserted the siblings, leaving them to an unknown fate. Living in a country with no social safety net, Funda and Aysun fall prey to violence and exploitation, and their reunion with Elif and Yasemin is both poignant and troubling. Yasam Arsizi (aka Sidewalk Sisters) was an official selection at the 2008 Istanbul Film Festival.
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- 1 January 2008
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- Yaşam Arsızı
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Sidewalk Sisters (2008) was directed by Yasemin Alkaya and stars Yasemin Alkaya, Elif Çağlayan, Funda Çağlayan.