Motherland (Turkish: Ana Yurdu) is a 2015 Turkish drama by director Senem Tüzen about a divorced, urban woman who goes to her ancestral village in Anatolia to write a book and is confronted by the unwelcomed arrival of her mother. The drama stars Esra Bezen Bilgin, Nihal Koldaş, Fatma Kısa and Semih Aydın.[1]
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| Directed by | Senem Tüzen |
| Written by | Senem Tüzen |
| Produced by | Adam Isenberg Olena Yershova Senem Tüzen |
| Starring | Esra Bezen Bilgin Nihal Koldaş Fatma Kısa Semih Aydın |
| Cinematography | Vedat Özdemir |
| Edited by | Adam Isenberg Yorgos Mavropsaridis |
Production company | Zela Film |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Countries | Turkey, Greece |
| Language | Turkish |
Tüzen's debut feature premiered at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival in the International Film Critics' Week section in September, 2015.[2]
Plot
editNesrin is an urban, upper–middle-class woman recovering from a divorce. She's quit her office job, abandoned her house in Istanbul, and come to the village house of her deceased grandmother to finish a novel and live out her childhood dream of being a writer. When her conservative and increasingly unhinged mother turns up uninvited and refuses to leave, Nesrin's writing stalls and her fantasies of village life turn bitter as the two are forced to confront the darker corners of each other's inner worlds. [1]
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Accolades
editReferences
edit- ^ "Ana Yurdu - Venice International Film Critics' Week".
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- ^ "An all-European Critics' Week at Venice". Cineurope.
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- ^ "Asia Pacific Screen Awards: Apichatpong Weerasethakul's 'Cemetery Of Splendor' Wins Best Feature". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
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