BLACK NIGHT
Özcan Alper (Fiction I 114 min. I Turkey, France, Germany I 2022).
Produced by: Nar Film, La Fabrica Nocturna Cinéma, Arthood Films.
Theatrical release in France: 14/02/2024 (distributed by Outplay Films)
Festivals: 10+ awards, 30+ selections: Cinémed Montpellier 2023 *Golden Antigone I Antalya FF *Best Film I Ankara IFF *Best Director I Bosphorus FF *Best Director I etc.
Ishak lives alone in the province of Anatolia and earns his living playing the lute in a nightclub. One day, he has to visit his mother in his native village, which he had to leave suddenly seven years earlier. Back in his village, Ishak is confronted with hostility from everywhere and is tourmented by his own past.