Paper Lives

Paper Lives

  • Director: Can Ulkay
  • Countries of origin: Turkey
  • Language: Turkish
  • Release date: March 12, 2021
  • Sound mix: Stereo
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Struggle Alley
  • "Paper Lives" is a film directed by Kan Ulkai, starring Chagatai Urusoy, Seren Ozturk, and Tomris Çetinel. It will be released in Turkey on March 12, 2021. 

    Details

    • Release date March 12, 2021
    • Filming locations Istanbul, Turkey
    • Production companies OG Medya, OGM Pictures

    Movie reviews

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    • By Gladyce 2022-10-05 23:58:25

      Paper is not life, and content

      Life as Paper (2021)
      7.3
      2021 / Turkey / Drama /...

    • By Lyda 2022-10-05 16:49:01

      I want to reunite my abandoned childhood with my mother

      The story of a group of "Why Home", their lives are as fragile as paper, they will rot in the corner when wet by wind and rain, but they can also write touching stories on paper, live positively, and redeem their childhood.

      Muhammad, the leader of the waste recycling station in the impoverished old neighbourhood of Istanbul, and a group of people who are in similar circumstances, coexisted in a huddled way to keep warm, dragging a cart...

    • By Barton 2022-10-05 16:44:52

      Paper is not life, and content

      Life as Paper (2021)
      7.3
      2021 / Turkey / Drama /...

    • By Tre 2022-10-05 10:14:41

      Watching record of the movie "A Life Like Paper"

      The 18-minute viewing record of the movie "A Life Like Paper" introduces the protagonist's situation, the waste recycling boss, who is in poor physical condition, and is waiting for a suitable kidney transplant. A notebook leads to the task of finding the second man, which is to help his buddy find his mother. In 25 minutes, a child appeared in the second boy's garbage truck. The hero intends to take him in. In 37 minutes, the male protagonist ran into a woman in the hospital who was...

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    • By Britney 2023-08-29 11:48:42

      This ending is too deliberate. After reading it, you will feel that the poverty eradication campaign led by the Chinese government is a great...

    • By Darian 2023-08-15 17:03:53

      The male protagonist is kind to others, but his life is too tragic. Abandoned as a child, he grew up scavenging and living, but he became seriously ill. Before he died, he fantasized about his childhood and wanted to find his mother. When his mother left him and told him never to come back, he tried to "go home" countless times, so that the residents could only move out and want to be with their families, even if they were scavenging and pulling a cart and walking a lot a day, although it was...

    • By Brittany 2023-07-14 05:14:40

      The look and feel is so weird... It's like a movie that's so well-made that it's just too good to be on the Internet. The weirdest thing is that it's the final ending. The reveal really has to give you a neurotic...

    • By Letha 2023-07-07 21:26:10

      Healing childhood wounds with a...

    • By Clovis 2023-07-05 22:39:19

      At the last moment, I burst into tears. How many psychological shadows are created in childhood that needs to be healed by...

    Movie plot

    Telling about a poor old neighborhood in Istanbul, there is a beloved guy, Meh Meite, who runs the waste warehouse in this neighborhood. At the same time, he will help everyone around him who needs help, especially the homeless. Returnable child, because he is one of them. One day, Mehmet met an 8-year-old boy who appeared in the waste paper bag of his best partner Gonzalez. At this time, he had the urge to reunite with his parents,...
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