Sut

Young Yusuf, 18-years-old, is disconcerted when he learns that his mother Fatma, 40- years-old, is having a secret affair with the town’s railroad stationmaster. Should he behave in accordance with the traditional male-dominated culture and traditions of the town or should he develop a new perspective that goes along with the new modernization process that is on-going in the area?
Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.
Script: Semih Kaplanoglu, Orcun Koksal
Cinematography: Ozgur Eken
Editing: Francois Quiquere
Sound: Marc Nouyrigat
Actors: Melih Selcuk (Yusuf), Basak Koklukaya (Zehra), Serif Erol (Station Master), R?za Ak?n (professor), Saadet Is?l Aksoy (Semra)
Production: Kaplan Film Production
Producers: Semih Kaplanoglu
Co-production: Arizona Films, Heimatfilm
Art Direction: Naz Erayda
Format: 35mm Color
Production Country: Turkey, France, Germany
Production Year: 2008
Duration: 102
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Semih Kaplanoglu

Hewas born in Smyrna, Turkey in 1963 and received a degree in Film and Television from Dokuz Eylul University, Smyrna in 1984. His debut feature film, "Away From Home", has won many awards. His second feature film, "Angel’s Fall", had its World Premiere at the 55th Berlin FF, and was screened at the Thessaloniki IFF in 2005. "Egg" is the first part of a trilogy called "Egg-Milk-Honey". "Egg" was invited to the Director’s Fortnight at the Cannes IFF 2007, while the second part of his trilogy, "Sut", received production support from the World Cinema Fund of the Berlinale.

Filmography

1984 Mobapp (short)
1993 Asansor/Elevator (short)
2000 Herkes kendi evinde/Away From Home
2004 Melegin Dususu/Angel’s Fall
2007 Yumurta/Egg
2008 Sut/Milk