Badi(1983)

Badi is a Turkish science-fiction film about an alien stranded on Earth who forms an unlikely friendship with a young boy. As the extraterrestrial searches for a way home, the pair bond over their shared desire to escape their circumstances—one yearning for his distant planet, the other seeking refuge from his earthbound troubles. A remake of Steven Spielberg's E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Badi transposes the classic tale of interstellar friendship to a Turkish setting, exploring themes of connection and belonging across worlds. The film captures the wonder and emotional depth of the original while bringing its own cultural perspective to this timeless story of an outsider finding acceptance.