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Dealer (1999) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1999 · 74 mins · German
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- Directed by
- Thomas Arslan
- Starring
- Birol Ünel, Angela Schanelec, Baki Davrak, Tim Wilde, Erhan Emre, Hussi Kutlucan
Can, his girlfriend Jale and daughter Meral struggle to survive in a Turkish‑Berlin neighbourhood. Can works as a dealer and errand‑boy for drug boss Hakan, while Jale, employed in a department‑store warehouse, urges him to quit. When Hakan offers him a chance to run a bar, hope rises, but pressures soon trap him in danger and desperation.
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