Sivas
Oct 31 2014
•2h 37m
•Drama
Establishing a bleak village in Eastern Turkey as its setting, Sivas features the story of Aslan, an eleven-year-old boy, and Sivas, a weathered fighting dog who develop a strong relationship after Aslan finds Sivas wounded in a ditch, left to die.
Cast
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Doğan İzci
Aslan
Çakır
Sivas
Ozan Çelik
Şahin
Muttalip Müjdeci
Village Headman
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