Eleven-year-old Yekta lives in a crumbling island mansion with her strict aunts and ailing grandfather, yearning for her absent mother. As dreams and surreal visions shape her solitude, she sets out in search of a mythical seagull with a child’s head.
Cinematography
Island light that makes decay look holy.
Direction
Erdem treats a child's eye like a surrealist weapon.
Production
The mansion itself breathes, crumbles, judges.
Director
Reha Erdem
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rare Turkish art film from the 1988 censorship era—its very existence is small miracle.
Erdem later said Yekta was every child he saw 'imprisoned in politeness'—the aunts are Turkey itself.
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