
Keywords
- Award Winning
- Creatives: Debut Films
- Doing Gender
- Location: Istanbul
- Screen: Turkey
- Sooner Exclusives: Stories that Matter
- dance
- urban living
- women
Actors
- Nalan Kuruçim
- Beril Kayar
Director
- Azra Deniz Okyay
Drama
1h 30min
16+
TR
DE
During a black out, social and personal conflicts culminate in an Istanbul neighborhood threatened by gentrification.
During a black out, social and personal conflicts culminate in an Istanbul neighborhood threatened by gentrification.
Four people meet in an Istanbul neighborhood: a feminist artist, a mother whose son is in prison, a young dancer, and a shifty real estate henchman. Flourishing drug deals in the district lead to the crossing of paths. Dancer Didem has just lost her job. Mother Iffet gets involved in a shady deal to support her imprisoned son.
Istanbul-born director Azra Deniz Okyay portrays a country in transition, where backward-looking politics hide behind new facades.
"Shot with a fluid intimacy by cinematographer Baris Özbiçer, Oyay's film gathers momentum and an increasingly punk energy as it goes, as she shows the rich tapestry of a city that despite its surface problems also has a thriving underground alternative scene." (Eye for Film)