Ayla: The Daughter of War

Ayla: The Daughter of War

2017124 min8.0 / 10

A tender, melancholic story of cross-cultural human connection forged amid the devastation of war, centered on a soldier's protective love for an orphaned child.

In 1950, amidst the ravages of the Korean War, Sergeant Süleyman stumbles upon a a half-frozen little girl, with no parents and no help in sight and he risks his own life to save her, smuggling her into his army base and out of harm’s way.

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