DEBT

BORÇ (DEBT), 2018
Turkey | DCP, Color, 95’ |Turkish
Director: Vuslat Saraçoğlu
Cast: Serdar Orçin, İpek Türktan Kaynak, Rüçhan Çalışkur

Tufan is an ordinary man who lives with his wife and daughter in Eskişehir where he works at a small printing shop. One night, their elderly next-door neighbor Huriye falls ill so he takes her to the hospital. Learning that she shouldn’t stay by herself for a while, he convinces his wife that they should take care of Huriye in their home. When the printing shop doesn’t pay Tufan his salary on time and their sick neighbor stays at their home longer than expected, Tufan finds himself in an impasse. How far can the limits of his “kindness” be stretched? Why do people do acts of kindness? Do they expect something in return when they do? And what happens when their expectations are not fulfilled? A debut feature which won the award for Best Film at the Istanbul Film Festival, Debt addresses questions we face every day in our lives as much with sincerity and spareness as with depth.