The Butterfly's Dream (2013)

This is based on the true story of two young Turkish men in the early '40s. They're sick with tuberculosis due to forced labor in the mines, extremely poor, but maintain their good humor because of their friendship and their shared dream of being published poets. Soon they have another shared interest: Suzan, the new girl in town.

The story is amiable but rather aimless. They lived, brooded, died. Why is their story worth putting on film? Other than in the "every life is valuable" way?

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