CLAIR OBSCUR

CLAIR OBSCUR (TEREDDÜT), 2016
Turkey, Poland, France | DCP, Color, 105’ | Turkish
Cast:Funda Eryiğit, Ecem Uzun, Mehmet Kurtuluş, Okan Yalabık, Serkan Keskin

Şehnaz is a psychiatrist who does not face the facts of her personal life, and Elmas is a young girl who was forced to marry at an early age. Although they lead very different lives, in effect, the problems they have to deal with are fundamentally similar. The lives of these two women cross when Elmas has a traumatic experience, after which a lengthy, challenging reckoning begins. According to veteran director Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Clair Obscur calls into question “states of womanhood, the male-female relationship, and the responsibilities and neglects of the family as an institution” while debating “the problems a trauma victim might experience during both the psychological and judicial processes.”