RIZA, 2007

RIZA, 2007
Türkiye, Greece | DCP, Color, 109’ | Turkish
Cast: Rıza Akın,  Nurcan Eren, Hayati Pirselimoğlu

Rıza is a truck driver on the Adana-Istanbul route. His truck breaks down near Istanbul, and he cannot get it repaired. Having lost his livelihood, he is stranded in Istanbul, in the vicinity of a cheap and gloomy hotel in Küçükpazar. He wanders around with no job, no future, no hope. As he searches for a means to pay for the repairs, he comes to the verge of committing a brutal crime. Centering on the poverty on the outskirts of Istanbul, the film, featuring a simple narrative and realistic acting by Rıza Akın and Nurcan Eren, is the first part of the director’s trilogy on “Conscience and Death.”