Eser, who wants to talk to her husband while making a decision about the future of her daughter, decides to go to the island for this. On this occasion, a great reckoning begins between the couple, who come together again years later.
Acting
Türkan Şoray delivers micro-expressions that wreck you.
Cinematography
The island becomes a character — isolated, beautiful, suffocating.
Director
Süreyya Duru
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Türkan Şoray was Turkey's biggest female star — this late-career gem shows her pivoting from romantic leads to complex, wounded women.
Director Süreyya Duru shot this in actual winter on the Princes' Islands; the cast's visible breath wasn't faked, adding raw verisimilitude to the emotional coldness.
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