Araf

How much are you willing to sacrifice for a chance that could potentially change everything? 18-year-olds Zehra and Olgun work at a roadside diner in the middle of an industrial no man's land in the Turkish countryside. Their days are filled with double shifts, and little else. Both have a dream of getting away, to practically any other place. Zehra’s hope to get ahead manifests itself in the form of an older truck driver she meets at a wedding. They begin a secret affair, far from the judgemental gaze of her conservative family. Challenges with close family, coupled with a precise social picture has been Yesim Ustaoglu’s trademark earlier, and here she shows how small town traditions collide with an ever-increasing demand for modernity. akek

Suitable for persons 15 years and older.

Gala screening on Ringen Cinema Sunday October 13^th at 9 pm. Se page 22.

Turkish Yeşim Ustaoğlu trained as an architect, but directed her first short film in 1984. After her debut feature, The Trace (Iz, 1994), which was shown at the film festival in Moscow in 1995, she has directed several acclaimed films, including Journey to the Sun (1999), Waiting for the Clouds (2003) and Pandora's Box (2008).