Gazelle
“Emotionally charged and profoundly moving.”
Gazelle
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In this tense, timely, and poignant drama, Yakup, a beloved music teacher and Turkish dissident, has fled his country for fear of political persecution and is seeking asylum in the U.S. While working in the kitchen of a New York City restaurant, he struggles desperately to find a way to bring his wife and daughter into the country to live with him. Finding legal immigration channels a dead end, he reluctantly engages with a dodgy smuggler, a decision that only intensifies his concern for his family’s safety, sending the kindly Yakup into a downward spiral.
First-time feature filmmakers Nadir Sarıbacak (known for his role in Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Winter Sleep) and Samy Pioneer deftly capture the details of Turkish American and migrant life in the big city, while also expressively conveying their protagonist’s troubled state of mind. Gazelle isn’t just an urgent tale about our immigration crisis—it’s a touching story about displacement and its deep psychological and physical toll.
In this tense, timely, and poignant drama, Yakup, a beloved music teacher and Turkish dissident, has fled his country for fear of political persecution and is seeking asylum in the U.S. While working in the kitchen of a New York City restaurant, he struggles desperately to find a way to bring his wife and daughter into the country to live with him. Finding legal immigration channels a dead end, he reluctantly engages with a dodgy smuggler, a decision that only intensifies his concern for his family’s safety, sending the kindly Yakup into a downward spiral.
First-time feature filmmakers Nadir Sarıbacak (known for his role in Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Winter Sleep) and Samy Pioneer deftly capture the details of Turkish American and migrant life in the big city, while also expressively conveying their protagonist’s troubled state of mind. Gazelle isn’t just an urgent tale about our immigration crisis—it’s a touching story about displacement and its deep psychological and physical toll.
Genre
Psychological Drama,
Social Drama,
Immigrant Experience,
Indie
Web Site
Runtime
100
Language
Turkish,
English
Director
Nadir Sarıbacak,
Samy Pioneer
Producer
Mehmet Tozun,
Kenan Baysal,
Ender Zirekoğlu
Writer(s)
Nadir Sarıbacak,
Ayhan Hulagu
Cast
Hakeem – Abraham Taylor,
Ahmed – Faysal Ahmed,
Omar – Ziad Alezabi,
Ammi – Salem Hadeed,
Ayşe – Emine Bayındır,
Neşe – Sare Aydoğan,
Azad - Remzi Akman,
Naif - Setty Brosevelt
Opening at
Royal on May 12th
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