Gonella Productions

LANGUAGE: Turkish | SUBTITLES: English

Genre: LGBTQ - DRAMA
Running Time: 12’
Year of production: 2023

SYNOPSIS

Ali is 24 years old and identifies as gay. He becomes romantically involved with a boy from Mardin whom he meets at the age of 23. They decide to keep their relationship a secret. However, when his partner's family learns about the situation, they raid the house where they are together one night and kill Ali's partner. In the scuffle, Ali sustains a blow to his head, causing him to lose the memory of the past year. After completing his treatment, Ali embarks on a quest to uncover the events of the last year. This search leads him to take a trip to Mardin, although he is unsure of the reason behind it. Upon arriving in Mardin, Ali starts to feel a sense of familiarity with certain things - the soil, the houses, the atmosphere - even though it is his first visit to this city. In an attempt to preserve the feeling of belonging he experiences at the places he visits, he collects soil. One night, he starts shaping the accumulated soil into a form, and as he does, some memories begin to resurface in Ali's mind. The soil now takes the shape of a human figure, and it represents Ali's deceased partner. With the help of this figure, Ali begins to remember what happened in the past year and how his partner died. Eventually, Ali buries the sculpture he created in a pit he had previously dug and fulfills his partner's final duty. The person he has created is, in fact, the reality that Ali should have never remembered.

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions

CAST

Barış Görkem GÜNALTAY
Fırat KAYA

MAIN CREDITS

Director: Süleyman KUN
Screenwriter: Süleyman KUN
Producer: Süleyman KUN, Fırat KAYA

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Genre: LGBTQ
Sub-genre: DRAMA
Language: Turkish
Country of origin: Turkey
Year of production: 2023
Total running time: 12’