25-year-old Sibel lives with her father and sister in a secluded village in the mountains of Turkey’s Black Sea region. Sibel is a mute, but she communicates by using the ancestral whistled language of the area.
Acting
Damla Sönmez's entire performance without a single spoken word.
Sound
The actual whistled language—UNESCO heritage, hauntingly real.
Cinematography
Misty Black Sea mountains that swallow people whole.
Director
Guillaume Giovanetti
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The whistled language is real: 10,000+ people in northern Turkey still use 'kuş dili' (bird language) across valleys.
Directors are a French-Turkish duo who spent years in the region; locals were cast, many non-professional.
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