Black Night

by ÖZCAN ALPER (TURKEY)

Drama

Synopsis 

The film tells the story of Ishak, a lonely Saz musician wandering through the night clubs of Anatolia, who is forced to return to his hometown after 8 years of self-exile. It is also a story of Ferhat, an old deranged outcast who wanders alone in the woods, and of Sirma, a city woman who visits the small town from time to time to take care of her sick father.

It is a story of a trauma, a disappearance which is known to all but talked about by none, of the young man, Ali, a forest ranger who arrived in town eight years ago and since has been gone without a trace. A story of deeds buried deep in the past, a secret shared by Ishak and his childhood friends, which comes back to haunt him, his friends, his community and the whole land, setting the course to an inevitable collision.

Credits

Director: Özcan Alper
Writer: Özcan Alper, Murat Uyurkulak
Cinematographer: Yunus Roy Imer
Producer: Soner Alper (Nar Film), Said Nur Akkus (Arthood Films)
Cast: Berkay Ateş, Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu, Pınar Deniz, Taner Birsel, Sibel Kekilli et al.