# The Mandarin Tree*

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Published: 2019-07-02 11:09:11 UTC
Updated: 2020-02-29 23:07:44 UTC
Author: TMFF Editorial Team

Director: Cengiz Akaygün
Country: Germany
Duration: 18 minutes
Audience rating: 4.5/5 from 34 ratings

 

### 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?


 



*Only a trailer is available for now.
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