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Release Date:
October 22, 2020
Original Title:
Küçük Mülteci
Alternate Titles:
Aylan, Son of the Ocean
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Mij Film Co.
The Kurdish
Production Countries:
Iran | Turkey
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 89
In 2015, the Syrian boy Aylan appeared dead on the beach in Bodrum, Turkey. The image shocked and alerted the world to the refugee crisis. The film imagines what would have happened to this child until the day of his death, when the boat in which he was with a family heading to Greece turned on the high seas. The story arises from a moment of magical realism, in which Aylan's spirit emerges from his body and wanders back to the world of refugees and those provoked by war, who escape to escape for a better life.
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Associate Producer:
Samudrika Arora
Costume Design:
Elham Moeen
Director:
Batin Ghobadi
Director of Photography:
Morteza Najafi
Editor:
Hayedeh Safiyari
Line Producer:
Golriz Ehtiati
Original Music Composer:
Babak Mirzakhani
Producer:
Mohamad Ahmadi
Batin Ghobadi
Lydia Dean Pilcher
Set Decoration:
Morteza Farbod
Writer:
Batin Ghobadi
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