Stray

Through the eyes of three dogs wandering the streets of Istanbul, Stray explores what it means to live as a being without status or security.

Zeytin, fiercely independent, embarks on adventures through the city at night; Nazar, nurturing and protective, easily befriends the humans around her; while Kartal, a shy puppy living on the outskirts of a construction site, finds companions in the security guards who care for her. The strays’ disparate lives intersect when they each form intimate bonds with a group of young Syrians with whom they share the streets.

An intimate portrait of the life of a city and its people, Stray is the ultimate love letter to dogs and a critical observation of human civilisation through the unfamiliar gaze of dogs and a sensory voyage into new ways of seeing.

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