Summaries

When an aging matriarch starts showing signs of dementia, her dysfunctional family in Istanbul must navigate a minefield of unresolved issues to care for her.

Two sisters and a brother live in the center of Istanbul today. They are in their thirties and forties, and lead very different lives, self centered on their upper-middle class preoccupations. One day, a phone call brings them together on a voyage through Turkey's suburbs and villages to the small town in the Black Sea mountains where they were born. Their aged mother, Nusret, has dissappered. As the siblings start reminiscing about her, the tensions between them quickly become apparent; like a Pandora's Box which is spilled open, all the unresolved disputes are scattered around. It is only Nesrin's rebellious son Murat who emphatises with Nusret and who ultimately sneaks her out of the institution where her daugters have committed her, leading his grandmother back to her home in the mountains which she is desparate to return to.—yusufpiskin

Details

Keywords
  • brother sister relationship
  • mother son relationship
  • sister sister relationship
  • mother daughter relationship
  • mother son conflict
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Jan 22, 2009
Countries of origin Germany France Belgium Turkey
Language Turkish
Filming locations Istanbul, Turkey
Production companies Les Petites Lumieres Silkroad Production Ustaoglu Film Yapim

Box office

Gross worldwide $526171

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 52m
Color Color Black and White
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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