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On a sweltering Berlin day, Şirin picks up her aunt Bihar for a spontaneous trip to the countryside, where queer joy, intergenerational tension, and buried migrant memories rise to the surface under the summer sun.

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  • Seda Güngör

    Seda Güngör

    Şirin

  • Ferial Hajo

    Ferial Hajo

    Bihar

Overview

On a sweltering Berlin day, Şirin picks up her aunt Bihar for a spontaneous trip to the countryside, where queer joy, intergenerational tension, and buried migrant memories rise to the surface under the summer sun.

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