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Ayla: The Daughter of War
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Wikipedia article
'Ayla: The Daughter of War' is a 2017 South Korean - Turkish drama film directed by Can Ulkay. It was selected as the Turkish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
Plot
Turkey sends a brigade to South Korea as a result of the call for help made by the United Nations when North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950. Sergeant Sleyman, one of the soldiers in the brigade, finds a little girl whose mother and father were murdered on the battlefield. He gives her the nickname Ayla because he found her in the moonlight. The two form a friendship despite the language barrier between them, but are torn apart when Sleyman had to return home.
Cast
* etin Tekindor as Sergeant Sleyman
**smail Hacolu as young Sergeant Sleyman
* Lee Kyung-jin as Ayla
** as child Ayla
* Ali Atay as Ali
* Damla Snmez as Nuran
* Murat Yldrm as Lieutenant Mesut
* Claudia Jessie as Marilyn Monroe
* Eric Roberts as Maj. Gen. Coulter
Production
'Ayla' is based on the true story of Kim Eun-ja and Sleyman Dilbirlii, whose real-life reunion was shown in the 2010 Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation documentary 'Kore Ayla' directed by . In casting held in South Korea in 2016, child actress Kim Seol, who had previously played the role of Jin-ju in the popular South Korean television series 'Reply 1988', was chosen for the role of young Ayla. Ko Eun-min played the role of young Ayla's mother.
Filming began in 2016. The film was sponsored by Turkish Airlines, with support from Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Most of the filming was carried out in Turkey. Filming in Turkey was completed in June 2017. The first screening of Ayla movie was held on 11 September 2017 within the scope of the Toronto International Film Festival. The film was released on 27 October 2017 in Turkey and 21 June 2018 in South Korea.
See also
* List of submissions to the 90th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Turkish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
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