SOMETHING USEFUL
by Pelin Esmer
synopsis
Leyla (42), a lawyer and a poet, takes the long-distance train to attend her high school reunion dinner. On the train, she meets Canan (21), a young nursing student in distress. As the conversation develops, Leyla learns that Canan is travelling to assist with the suicide of a paralysed man, Yavuz (45), who wants to die. At the end of the long over- night trip, surrounded by the stories of people both on and off the train, Leyla decides to accompany Canan on her difficult visit.
international title: | Something Useful |
original title: | Ise yarar bir sey |
country: | Turkey, France, Germany, Netherlands |
year: | 2017 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Pelin Esmer |
film run: | 107' |
screenplay: | Pelin Esmer, Baris Bicakci |
cast: | Öykü Karayel, Başak Köklükaya, Cüneyt Yalaz, Yigit Özsener |
cinematography by: | Gökhan Tiryaki |
film editing: | Pelin Esmer, Evren Lus |
art director: | Elif Tasçioglu |
producer: | Pelin Esmer, Marsel Kalvo |
co-producer: | Mehmet Aktas, François D'Artemare, Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings, Frans Van Gestel |
executive producer: | Yonca Erturk |
associate producer: | Dilde Mahalli, Nefes Polat |
line producer: | Janna Heine |
production: | Sinefilm, Mars Production, Les Films de l'Après-midi, Topkapi Films, Mîtosfilm |