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Mucize ( 2015) - Turkish

  Mucize means "Miracle" in Turkish and this 2015 movie  a beautiful story that almost borders on a fairy tale. This movie is set in a remote Kurdish village nestled among the picteresque Anatolian mountain ranges of Turkey . Beautiful vistas , soothing background music and a sterling performance by the cast ( i sometimes think they might be the actual inhabitants of that cute village ) blend elegantly  to provide a wholesome treat for the entire family.  Mahir Orgetmen ,a school teacher gets transferred to a remote village due to the volatile political situation in 1960s Turkey. Little does he know that remote actually means walking across two mountains , after the bus drops him in the middle of nowhere.He finally reaches the little Kurdish village  - where no school exists and girls are not allowed to read. Mahir , though initially miffed and raring to go back, agrees to stay and build a school if the girls are allowed to attend school. The school is built by ...