DAHA (MORE)

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DAHA (MORE)

Onur Saylak, Turkey, 2017, 115min, IN Turkish and Arabic with English Subtitles, North American Premiere

Winner, Best Film, East End FF UK 2018; FIPRESCI Prize, Valladolid IFF 2017

Gaza is a 14-year-old boy who lives on the Aegean coast of Turkey. Together with his domineering father, he helps smuggle refugees from war-torn countries to Europe, giving them temporary lodgings and scant food until they attempt the crossing. Gaza dreams of escaping this life, but can’t help being drawn into a dark world of immorality, exploitation and human suffering. Can you avoid becoming a monster when you’ve been raised by one? Onur Saylak’s debut feature, adapted from the award-winning novel of the same title by Hakan Günday, one of the first novels to document the refugee crisis in Europe, “More” is the gripping story of a boy that gets to grow up in a world where there’s no room for innocence.

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