PENNY BANK

PENNY BANK (KUMBARA), 2020
Turkey | HDD, Color, 94' | Turkish
Director: Ferit Karol
Cast: Murat Kılıç, Gülçin Kültür Şahin, Mert Ateş, Onur Gökçek

A middle-class accountant and family man, Orhan is under heavy debt when his friend for whom he had been a guarantor abandons him. Orhan’s mother has been in a coma for a while, and it is highly probable that she will die soon. As Orhan tries to get out of this difficult situation, he moves away from his family and loved ones and becomes alienated. Penny Bank builds a minimalist and realistic family drama based on its central character, while also reconsidering the roles of masculinity of an ordinary man with its humor and solid acting. This first feature, which the director admittedly wrote based on his own life, won the "Behlül Dal Best Debut Film Award" at this year's Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival.