Mithat passionately collects newspapers in his Istanbul flat. The other tenants ridicule him and he lives a lonely life. As the building is to be renovated, Mithat develops a friendship with concierge Ali, another loner, who helps him save his collection. They involuntarily change each other’s fate.
Acting
Nejat İşler's wounded stillness opposite a non-actor playing himself.
Direction
Pelin Esmer's documentary-trained eye finds beauty in clutter.
Director
Pelin Esmer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mithat Esmer plays himself — the director's actual uncle, a real newspaper obsessive whose collection filled several apartments.
The film captures 2000s Istanbul gentrification tensions: historic neighborhoods demolished for luxury towers, erasing working-class memory.
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