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Elif Shafak’s Turkish Sex Worker Story ‘10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World’ Set for Film Adaptation (EXCLUSIVE)
Elif Shafak's novel '10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World,' about an Istanbul sex worker, is set for a movie adaptation.
More than a decade ago, she moved from Turkey to the U.K. after her book “The Bastard of Istanbul” – which touches on the mass killings of Armenians during the final years of the Ottoman Empire – led her to be tried for “insulting Turkishness,” for which she was eventually acquitted. Other ISB Films projects in various stages include Lone Scherfig’s “The Movie Teller” and upcoming Poland-set Cold War thriller “The Winter of the Crow,” starring Lesley Manville (“The Crown”). “We are excited to combine our international outlook and financing resources with Limon’s in-depth knowledge of Turkish culture and production,” ISB Films CEO Ursula Romero said in a statement.
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