I AM NOT HIM

BEN O DEĞİLİM (I AM NOT HIM), 2013
Turkey| DCP, Color, 129’ | Turkish
Director: Tayfun Pirselimoğlu
Actors: Ercan Kesal, Maryam Zaree

Nihat’s routine life as a janitor at a hospital canteen is turned upside down when Ayşe begins working there and enters his life. When Ayşe shows interest in Nihat and invites him to dinner, a photograph he sees at her house changes his life. Because the man in the photograph, who she tells him is her husband who is serving time in prison, looks so much like him that they could be twins. The film, which focuses on the concept of identity and successfully uses black humor, received the best screenplay award at the Rome Film Festival and the “Best Film” award at the Istanbul Film Festival.