The read
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
15-year-old Ahmet, from a remote Yuruk village in North Macedonia, finds refuge in music while navigating his father’s expectations, a conservative community, and his first experience with love — a girl already promised to someone else.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
45 audience votes
Key crew
- Georgi M. UnkovskiDirector
- Georgi M. UnkovskiScreenplay
- Alen SinkauzOriginal Music Composer
- Nenad SinkauzOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Arif JakupAhmet
- Agush AgushevNaim
- Dora Akan ZlatanovaAya
- Aksel MehmetAhmet’s Father
- Selpin KerimAya’s Father
- Elhame BilalAya’s Grandmother
- Atila KlinceImam
- Metin İbrahimHakan
- Adem KaragaHakan’s Father
- Nadži ŠabanHealer
- Din IbrahimFestival Host
- Erdoan MaksutPrincipal
Stills
Themes
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