NERGİS HANIM

NERGİS HANIM, 2013

Turkey | DCP, Color, 87´ |Turkish
Director: Görkem Şarkan
Actors: Zerrin Sümer, Settar Tanrıöğen, Faruk Barman

Ekrem is a middle-aged man whose sole dream is to sail the open seas. He gives up his dreams to take care of his mother Nergis, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s and cannot even remember his name, and continues living in their small, old house. He locks the doors to keep his mother from wandering off and cleans up after her. Each day in this house is the same as the last, and as he steadily loses patience he has difficulty recognizing his mother. The film won the “Seyfi Teoman Best Film” award at this year’s Istanbul Film Festival.