Cast

Tarık Akan Hale Soygazi Baris Adali Revnak Güzel Ajlan Aktug Ali Demirel

Credits

Written by: Muammer Özer

Plot

The story of a family who moved from a village to Istanbul with two children in order to live a better life, but ended up living in an abandoned bus due to poverty and lack of accommodation.

Sinekatalog’s take

Bir Avuç Cennet (1985) is a Turkish drama directed by Muammer Özer. It stars Tarık Akan, Hale Soygazi and Baris Adali. It runs 97 minutes. It is one of the films we list for this director.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

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Ratings

IMDb: 6.7 / 10 (306 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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