Two women collide in Istanbul—one numb, one desperate—and poetry might be the only thing that saves them.
Nursel is an actress who settled in France. One day, she is offered the lead role in a play about Iranian poet Forugh Farrokhzad, whom Nursel admires. But when she returns to her home in Istanbul, she encounters Perisa, an Iranian translator who has come to Istanbul to search for the man she loves, Arash, with whom she is pregnant. During this time, as Nursel attempts to overcome her emotional detachment, Perisa's difficult pregnancy affects the transformation of these two women.
Acting
Tülay Günal's restrained devastation is masterclass subtlety.
Direction
Çıngırlar weaves Iranian poetry into Turkish spaces with tender precision.
Writing
Forugh Farrokhzad's words haunt every frame like a ghost.
Director
Özlem Çıngırlar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Forugh Farrokhzad was Iran's most controversial feminist poet, killed in a car crash at 32—her ghost looms large here.
Director Özlem Çıngırlar cast actual Iranian exile Mazal as Perisa; her real documents appear in the border-crossing scene.
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