Cracks in Concrete (2014)

Director
Umut Dag

Main cast
Murathan Muslu; Alechan Tagaev; Erdem Türkoglu; Ivan Kriznjak; Shamil Iliskhanov

Genres
Drama, Crime, Family, Foreign

Description
A drama centered on two men at different states in life: Ertan, an ex-con who is trying to make amends for his past actions and Mikail, a teen-aged drug runner an aspiring musician.


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