Young Sophie Bell

Director: Amanda Adolfsson
Cast: Felice Jankell, Hedda Stiernstedt, Iggy Malmborg
Sweden, 2014, 80’, Color, Swedish with English and Turkish subtitles

Best buddies Sophie and Alice have just graduated from high school, and “real life” is about to begin. For them, the next step is to move to Berlin, but things don’t go as planned. Alice mysteriously disappears. Seeking out the reason behind Alice’s disappearance, Sophie embarks on a journey through Berlin, during which she will discover thrilling aspects of life, and dark aspects of herself...

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Young Sophie Bell

Young Sophie Bell

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Young Sophie Bell

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Having penetrated the Balkans in the fourteenth century, conquered Constantinople in the fifteenth, and reached the gates of Vienna in the sixteenth, the Ottoman Empire long struck fear into European hearts. 

The Ottoman Way of Serving Coffee

The Ottoman Way of Serving Coffee

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