Yusuf is released from prison after serving a ten year sentence. Because of unexpected problems at his sister’s house, he finds himself in a cheap hotel where he meets a man, a woman, and a child who will change his life in unexpected ways…
Acting
Bilginer's Bekir simmers with dangerous unpredictability
Writing
Demirkubuz's dialogue: what's unsaid wounds deeper
Director
Zeki Demirkubuz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Demirkubuz emerged from Turkey's 1990s 'cinema of isolation'—films examining post-coup disillusionment and urban alienation. This predates the global Turkish cinema boom by a decade.
The title 'Innocence' is savagely ironic—every character carries guilt, yet Yusuf's true crime remains deliberately obscured, forcing judgment of his present rather than past.
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