The Mandarin Tree (2018)

After her father is arrested for political reasons by the Turkish government, little Sirin is finally allowed to visit him in prison for the first time. When a prison official interprets her painting of a bird as an anarchistic symbol and confiscates it, the girl is devastated, but her father encourages her to believe in the freedom of thought. For her second visit, she paints a "harmless" mandarin tree. Will her hidden message be discovered?

Released

2018-09-12

Genres

Drama

Runtime

18 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Cengiz Akaygün

TMDB rating

10.0/10 from 1 votes