Motherland (2015)
Nesrin is an urban, middle-class woman recovering from a divorce. She’s quit her office job, abandoned her house in Istanbul, and come to the village house of her deceased grandmother to finish a novel and live out her childhood dream of being a writer. When her conservative and increasingly unhinged mother turns up uninvited and refuses to leave, Nesrin’s writing stalls and her fantasies of village life turn bitter as the two are forced to confront the darker corners of each other’s inner worlds.
Director: Senem Tüzen
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Esra Bezen Bilgin as Nesrin |
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Nihal Koldaş as Halise |
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Fatma Kısa as Emine |
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Semih Aydin as Halil |
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Habibe Doygun as Sister Habibe |
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Nuriye Durkan as Neighbor |
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Selvet Uysal as Neighbor |
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Hüseyin Özdere as Repairman |
| Directing | Senem Tüzen | Director |
| Sound | Leandros Ntounis | Sound Designer |
| Production | Senem Tüzen | Producer |
| Editing | Yorgos Mavropsaridis | Editor |
| Camera | Vedat Özdemir | Director of Photography |
| Production | Olena Yershova | Producer |
| Editing | Adam Isenberg | Editor |
| Art | Metin Çelik | Art Direction |
| Production | Adam Isenberg | Producer |
| Production | Avraham Pirchi | Associate Producer |
| Writing | Senem Tüzen | Writer |
| Sound | Leandros Ntounis | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Sevil Demirci | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Valia Tserou | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Gürkan Özkaya | Sound |
| Production | Nikos Moutselos | Co-Producer |