"To those who were lost beyond the waves..."
Hasan and Ruksan are a couple who fled away from the internal war in Syria and settled in Izmir, Cesme in Turkey. They dream about leaving Cesme to go to Europe by boat for a better future. Ruksan learns how to swim so she can survive if things go wrong.
Gönül Nagiyeva
Ruksan
Ergun Kuyucu
Hasan
Korhan Uğur
Human Trafficker 1
Ahmet Canbaz
Human Trafficker 2
Gürkan Horasanlı
Father
Göktürk Horasanlı
The Boy
Hasan and Ruksan are a couple who fled away from the internal war in Syria and settled in Izmir, Cesme in Turkey. They dream about leaving Cesme to go to Europe by boat for a better future. Ruksan learns how to swim so she can survive if things go wrong.
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