The Apple
Mar 13 2023
•0h 15m
•Drama, War
Zerya is a woman in her 50s living in Paris. She had to leave the country for 22 years because of the chemical gas that Saddam Hussein dropped on the city of Halabja on March 16, 1988. She has lived in France for 30 years. While visiting an art exhibition in Paris, Zerya sees Magritte's painting "This is not an apple". This painting has a traumatic meaning for Zerya.
Cast
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Nur Sürer
Zerya (elder)
Dilan Düzgüner
Zerya (young)
Ebrahim Kurt
Murat Toros
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