WHAT REMAINS (GERİYE KALAN), 2011
Türkiye | Blu-ray, Color, 103’ | Turkish
Director: Çiğdem Vitrinel
Cast: Devin Özgür Çınar, Erkan Bektaş, Şebnem Hassanisough
This debut feature follows two women who have had different experiences in life, but essentially struggle to stand up straight in the same brutal and ferocious “universe of fear”. Sevda is ready to take any risks to salvage her marriage, and Zuhal crumbles under the burden of being the other woman. Not even able to consider confronting her husband, let alone confiding in someone else, Sevda takes the wheel to get rid of the other woman.
Awards: 48th Golden Orange Film Festival: Best Actress (Devin Özgür Çınar), Best Director; 12th International Izmir Film Festival: Best Screenplay, Best Actress (Şebnem Hassanisoughi)