Directed by:
Ramin MatinScreenplay:
N. Can KantarcıCinematography:
Tayman TekinCast:
Deniz Celiloğlu, Müfit Kayacan, İbrahim Selim, Ayşenil Şamlıoğlu, Ezgi Çelik, Kerem Fırtına, Pınar Töre, Ahmet Bilgin, İpek Türktan, Tekin Ezgütekin (more)Plots(1)
Welcome to the New Istanbul - a massive concrete jungle feeding on chaos and hypocrisy, with its inhabitants at the end of their tether. Tahsin is a burnt-out architect suffocated by his existence in this very city. One night he encounters an old friend, Siren, who is a transformed woman now living on the untouched southern coast of Turkey where she does organic farming. Enchanted, he decides to leave his decrepit town and follow the “call of the siren.” He packs a small suitcase, bids his goodbyes at work, and heads out for the airport for his last exit. One traffic mishap leads to another, and he finds himself penniless and phoneless in an enraged Istanbul district at the height of its gentrification and urban renewal process. What’s more, this “war-zone” is none other than the place where Tahsin’s own high-rise project is being built. (Santa Barbara International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Deniz Celiloğlu
Bulgaria
Best movies:
Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2019)
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The Magnificent Century (2011) (series)
Müfit Kayacan
Turkey
Best movies:
Frenzy (2015)
Brave and Beautiful (2016) (series)
Aşk Yeniden (2015) (series)
İbrahim Selim
Turkey
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Heist School (2006)
Ayşenil Şamlıoğlu
Turkey
Best movies:
Heist School (2006)
Sweet Revenge (2016) (series)
Thou Gild'st the Even (2013)
Ezgi Çelik
Best movies:
Magnificent Century: Kosem (2015) (series)
Asi (2007) (series)
Kerem Fırtına
Turkey
Best movies:
Kiralık Aşk (2015) (series)
Valley of Wolves (2003) (series)
Fatmagul (2010) (series)
Pınar Töre
Best movies:
Anne (2016) (series)
Ahmet Bilgin
Turkey
Best movies:
Magnificent Century: Kosem (2015) (series)
Ezel (2009) (series)
The Last Ottoman: Yandim Ali (2007)
İpek Türktan
Best movies:
Passed by Censor (2018)
10 Days of a Good Man (2023)
Tevfik Erman Kutlu
Turkey
Best movies:
Insider (2016) (series)
Ali Eren Sayar
Turkey
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Delibal (2015)
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The Mountain II (2016)