Before the Night (2022)
Before the Night portrays ordinary life under the enduring state of emergency, from the perspective of its three characters. Gulbîn, a painter living with her parents, is trying to make her own way in life, while obsessively painting a portrait of her mum with inspiration from Whistler's painting Mother. The mother models for her daughter while trying to insulate her house from the noise of the bombs to no avail. The father, whose health is deteriorating, tries to reimagine his war-stricken city with old photographs he took.
Director: Ali Kemal Çınar
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Gulbîn Bozan as Gulbîn |
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Rabia Çınar as Anne |
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Hüsnü Timur as Baba |
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İhsan Şakar as İrfan |
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Lisa Çalan as Lisa |
| Production | Paulo Maria Spina | Co-Producer |
| Camera | Yağız Yavru | Director of Photography |
| Art | Mehtap Yıldırım | Art Direction |
| Production | Nesra Gürbüz | Producer |
| Production | Çekdar Erkıran | Producer |
| Editing | Ali Kemal Çınar | Editor |
| Sound | Mustafa Avcı | Music |
| Production | Ahmet Gürata | Producer |
| Directing | Ali Kemal Çınar | Director |
| Production | Ali Kemal Çınar | Producer |
| Production | Hasan Demir | Producer |
| Art | Efrîn Özyetiş | Art Direction |
| Writing | Ali Kemal Çınar | Writer |
| Sound | Eli Haligua | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Rüstem Öveç | Sound |
| Sound | Yılmaz Çintan | Sound |
| Lighting | Jiyan Varlık | Lighting Artist |
| Editing | Dua Özbilenler | Colorist |
| Sound | Gianfranco Tortora | Sound Designer |