Revolutionary parents flee, dump kids with a retired sex worker. What could go wrong?
After the coup d'état on September 12, 1980, a husband and wife wanted for political crimes decide to flee abroad. But their children are the biggest obstacle to this plan. Before fleeing abroad, they search for a safe place to leave their children. The couple finally chooses Mehtap Anne's home as the "safest place" for their children. The place where they left their children is actually the "Emanetçi Anne" house, where Mehtap, a former prostitute, takes in the children of other prostitutes who continue to work in the trade after she has left it... Some time after the couple flees abroad, they send an Italian girl to Turkey to retrieve their children. The Italian girl, who wants to take the child left with the "Emanetçi Anne" and bring it to its parents, finds herself caught up in a series of interesting events.
Acting
Demet Akbağ owns every frame as Mehtap Anne
Writing
Satire so sharp it cuts through 1980s Turkish politics
Direction
Saraçoğlu balances farce and genuine heartbreak
Director
Murat Saraçoğlu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1980 coup devastated Turkey's left; this film uses comedy to process generational trauma that mainstream cinema rarely touched.
Mehtap's 'emanetçi' system was real — prostitutes historically pooled childcare, making the film's moral hierarchy quietly radical.
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