Summaries
The last hours of the journey by boat on the Aegean coast of forty illegal
immigrants, who set off for Europe in a closed truck bed. Treatment: After
picking up the last part of its passengers from Istanbul, a truck with a closed
bed, which has departed from the eastern border, is on its way to the Menderes
District of Izmir with its 40 passengers. The journey will then continue by boat
to the Greek islands, and from there to Italy, the final destination for some
passengers is England. At the center of the story is the journey made in the
truck bed. Throughout the journey, we witness the stories of a few of the forty
passengers who stood out. And then there is an Afghan refugee, whose words were
never understood until the last moment. The main elements of the film are their
lives before they set out, their reasons for leaving, and their dreams about the
countries they hope to reach. The story ends with the truck driver hitting
another truck parked on the side of the road at dawn, just before the end of the
journey. Forty illegal immigrants and the driver die. We learn from the news
that the majority of those who died had already died of suffocation before the
traffic accident. The camera fixes the attention on the truck to witness the
final hours of their journey in the truck bed, in the dark and claustrophobic
atmosphere.
Synopsis
Script and Dialogue Writer's Remark: Hüseyin Alp TAHMAZ Every year, hundreds of
thousands of people are forced to leave the lands where they were born and
migrate to places where they hope to reach prosperity and peace, due to reasons
such as economic troubles, war, terrorism, and adventure seeking. This migration
does not always happen legally. The stories of illegal immigrants, which we
often see in newspapers and on television, are an international problem. The
script was written in order to raise awareness on the subject. Hüseyin Alp
Tahmaz / Scriptwriter
Director's Remark
Gürsel ATES There are an estimated 360 million people in the world who live in
constant displacement, much more than the population of many countries. They are
deprived of education, health, security and all kinds of opportunities that make
people human... They mostly pay the price of their lives they lead in hunger and
misery... So what for; As we all know, a new way of life that emerges by saying
"journey for hope" because the fires caused by global interests and global
politics make it impossible to live in their own land... If they survive... In
our film, which was written by our scriptwriter Hüseyin Alp Tahmaz based on a
real event, we took a section of the lives between life and death right at this
point. Our characters, who have different stories, have different nationalities
and different backgrounds, but their common point is the journey of hope they
embarked on. In this journey, they are not sure how long it will last and where
they will arrive, in a pickup truck that is not even 6 square meters. In their
dreams, the destination of all of them is clear in the fearful journey that
passes without air and water. They share their dreams, they talk, and they get
to know each other... They even say that they will reunite and meet again in the
new life they plan to establish in their destination, reinforcing their
friendship, and laughingly remembering these "painful days"... But... But, where
to, where and how? Gürsel Ates / Director
2. Aizanoi Kısa Film Festivali, Kültürel Miras Kategorisi, Finalist. 2022
