15 minutes. One father. The wreckage of a life he built — and broke.
An oppressive and conservative father is forced to face the consequences resulting from the life he has imposed on his son.
Acting
Kayacan's silence speaks volumes; Özeren's barely-contained pain.
Direction
Turan builds pressure in cramped spaces, no escape.
Writing
Economic, brutal — every word earned, none wasted.
Director
Azize Cansu Turan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Emerging from Turkey's restrictive film landscape, this short operates as coded resistance — using family drama to interrogate state-adjacent patriarchal violence without explicit political framing.
The title's double meaning reveals itself: Vedat literally works construction, but he's also 'under construction' — forced to rebuild his understanding of fatherhood too late.
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