QUEEN LEAR

QUEEN LEAR (KRALİÇE LEAR), 2019
Turkey | DCP, Color, 84' | Turkish
Director: Pelin Esmer

14 years after her documentary The Play (Oyun), Pelin Esmer revisits the women of Arslanköylü in the Taurus Mountains. In The Play, Behiye, Cennet, Fatma, Ümmü and Zeynep had acted out their own life stories. This time, they have tried their hand at an adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s classic plays, King Lear, and go on tour to the mountain villages of Mersin. We witness these five wonderful women throughout the sharp turns they take on the dirt roads that run along the edges of cliffs during their journey to the remote villages they are trying to reach. We watch the troupe alongside the inhabitants of the highland villages where they go, as the play King Lear gradually transforms into Queen Lear.