The award-winning and critically acclaimed Motherland (Ana Yurdu), directed by Senem Tüzen, is currently playing in cinemas with English subtitles (with some exceptions) through Thursday 2 June. For a full list of showtimes featuring subtitles and locations, check the official program.
From the press kit:
SYNOPSIS: Nesrin is an urban, 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.
DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY: Senem Tüzen, born in Ankara in 1980, holds a degree in cinema from the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts Academy of Istanbul. She directed a number of short films that have been awarded worldwide. In particular, her short Unus Mundus won the Turkish Film Critics Association’s Best Short Award in 2009. The same year, her short Milk and Chocolate was nominated for the same prize. Besides directing, she also works as an editor, cinematographer and producer. Ana Yurdu (Motherland) is her first full-length film.
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For more information, including additional trailers, check out the official film site.
