Istanbul 2014: Aslı gives shelter to a young political activist, who got into a fight with the police. The police investigates the case and ends up questioning Aslı's family. Her husband gets drawn into the affair. Their lives, and also their son's, start to become compromised. The situation escalates, as Aslı is not willing to cooperate with the investigators.
Direction
Çatak squeezes feature-level dread into 23 minutes.
Acting
Öge's silent defiance speaks louder than dialogue.
Director
İlker Çatak
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during Turkey's Gezi Park protest aftermath, the film channels real paranoia about police targeting families of activists—a documented pattern in 2013-2014.
Çatak expanded this short's premise into his 2023 feature The Teachers' Lounge, another study in institutional pressure and moral compromise.
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