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Serhat Karaaslan has directed one feature film and several short films. His first film, Passed by Censor (Cannes Cinefondation Residence), premiered at the 2019 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it received the Critics' Choice Award, and has won several awards at festivals around the world. His films have screened and won awards at major film festivals including Sundance, Toronto, Locarno, Karlovy Vary, Palm Springs, SXSW, etc. His latest work The Criminals had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and was awarded the Special Jury Prize.
Nuray, a nurse obsessed with beautification and plastic surgery, is offered a large sum of money by a criminal organization. To obtain it, she must increase the medication dosage of one of the patients at the hospital where she works. With her life and that of her son in danger, Nuray has no other choice but to try to get out of the trap she has gotten herself into at all costs.
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