The lonely proprietor of a small hotel in a provincial Turkish town develops a passion for a departed guest and the reality of routine everyday-life starts crumbling into pieces.

Omer Kavur recreates Zebercet, the receptionist of a sad, bleak hotel in a small Anatolian town, adapting him from Yusuf Atilgan's novel in an attempt that seemed risky to others. A film about loneliness, solitude, obsession and depression, evidently one of the most painful films in Turkish cinema.—yusufpiskin

The lonely proprietor of a small hotel in a provincial Turkish town develops a passion for a departed guest and eventually strangles the maid.—Will Gilbert