Every year, a Kurdish family leaves Gaziantep to work on the land near Ankara. This thankless life of seasonal labor turns upside down when the eldest son falls in love.
He bû tune bû is of 1 hour(s) and 22 minute(s). It is Produced By: Yapım 13, Al Jazeera. It was released on 2014-03-23.
Genres: Documentary
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