original title: Kuru Otlar Üstüne / drama / 2023 / 3hr 17mins / written by Akin Aksu, Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan / directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan / country: Turkey, France, Germany, Sweden / language: Turkish with English subtitles /
“Aleksei is a young Belarusian on the run from a past he must bury. In a form of Faustian pact, he becomes a member of the French Foreign Legion in exchange for the promise of French citizenship. Far away, in the Niger Delta, Jomo is a revolutionary activist, engaged in armed struggle to defend his community. Aleksei is a soldier, Jomo a guerrilla fighter. Because of one more senseless war, their destinies will intertwine.”
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