ARADA (DI NAVBERÊ DE)

ARADA (DI NAVBERÊ DE), 2018
Turkey | DCP, Color, 65’ | Turkish, Kurdish
Director: Ali Kemal Çınar
Cast: Osman Çınar, Fatma Yıldız, İhsan Şakar

Arada is the fourth feature film by Ali Kemal Çınar, who has become known in recent years for his peculiar cinematic language. The film follows Osman who suffers various mishaps throughout his life because he cannot do two things at once such as engaging in conversation while eating or driving. And, although he understands his mother tongue, Kurdish, he cannot speak it, but he can speak his second language, Turkish, which he cannot understand. This flaw starts leading to problems between Osman, who wants to get married, and the women he meets. He finally takes a concrete step toward overcoming his problem when he accepts a customer’s offer to help him get rid of this bothersome situation which is affecting his whole life.