Esra leads two parallel lives. In her daily life the vivacious and spirited Esra adores her family but feels caged in her relationships. In her dream life, she yearns to discover the identity of the man who visits her dreams. While in waking life she struggles in vain, in her dream life she evolves in secret. But what if waking and dreaming were never separate and the real secret is shored by all?
Cinematography
Dream sequences blur waking life until you can't tell
Acting
Esra İnal carries two women in one body effortlessly
Direction
Sorak builds dread through domestic stillness
Director
Ömer Faruk Sorak
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Turkish cinema's 2010s wave explored female interiority through magical realism; this fits that lineage.
The title refers to how long a dream feels upon waking — the film's entire structure mirrors this compression.
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