A barber working in Istanbul longs to be ‘both here and far, far away’. One day, he takes the day off and disappears abruptly without warning anyone. He then settles in a far-flung village. Some mysterious events start happening in the village as people disappear one by one.
Cinematography
Shadowless lighting that literally lives up to the title.
Direction
Ünal's patient, almost cruel withholding of explanation.
Writing
Dialogue so sparse every word feels like a confession.
Director
Ümit Ünal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ümit Ünal shot the village scenes in an actual abandoned settlement in Anatolia, adding authentic decay no production design could replicate.
The film draws heavily on Turkish 'köy' literature tradition — village narratives where collective memory warps individual identity, seen in writers like Yaşar Kemal.
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