Seeking to reunite with her estranged family, Western educated Zeynep (Nihan Aker) and her American husband Stephen (Oscar Pearce) travel from New York City to a small coastal town in Turkey. Together, along with her divorced parents and younger sister, free-spirited Yasemin (Elit Iscan), they embark on a week-long sailing trip meant to be a last chance for Zeynep’s father, Yusuf (Serhat Ünaldi), a dissident journalist being prosecuted by the government, to reconnect with his daughters before prison. Once on open water, with blue skies and wind in their sails, hope springs eternal -- yet things may not be as they seem. As they await the result of Yusuf’s appeal, tensions begin to rise, and when a young local man further disrupts the delicate family dynamics the trip takes a very unexpected turn.
AFLOAT has already sailed to prestigious film festivals including Sao Paulo, Valencia, Montreal, Buenos Aires, Sofia and Istanbul, and...
Continue reading: AFLOAT, a Psychological Drama arrives on DVD December 10th from Indiepix Films in News.
-
|