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Directed and co-written by Serkan Nihat - a London-born filmmaker with Turkish heritage - we follow Turkish absconders after the country’s 2016 coup attempt. A fractured narrative is intelligently implemented to cover the perspectives of multiple characters, played by Turkish actors Denis Ostier, Murat Zeynilli, Umit Ulgen and Doga Celik. Co-produced by UK-based Elijah Productions and Red Clapper.

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After a University lecturer (Denis Ostier) has his pro-democracy lecture stormed by members of the regime, he goes on the lam, meeting policeman Mehmet (Umit Ulgen) along the way, who also wants to flee the country. As they find a safehouse for migrants who hope to escape to Greece, their wives are targeted by increasingly tyrannical security forces.