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 |
| Production | Olena Yershova | Producer |
| Production | Adam Isenberg | Producer |
| Production | Senem Tüzen | Producer |
| Camera | Vedat Özdemir | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Adam Isenberg | Editor |
| Editing | Yorgos Mavropsaridis | Editor |
| Art | Metin Çelik | Art Direction |
| Sound | Leandros Ntounis | Sound Designer |
| Writing | Senem Tüzen | Writer |
| Production | Nikos Moutselos | Co-Producer |
| Production | Avraham Pirchi | Associate Producer |
| Production | Sevil Demirci | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Gürkan Özkaya | Sound |
| Sound | Valia Tserou | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Leandros Ntounis | Sound Mixer |