We Called Him the Ugly King (1987)
• January 1st, 1987 • 0h 0min
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Overview
A mockumentary about Turkey-based Kurdish film director, scenarist, novelist, and actor Yilmaz Güney, shot three years after the filmmaker's death. It's also a political portrait of 20th century Turkey.
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