BEFORE THE NIGHT
by Erhan Sunar
synopsis
Diyarbakır, Turkey. The film portrays the ordinary under the enduring state of exception, from the perspective of its three characters. A painter living with her parents: Gulbîn is trying to make her own way in life, while obsessively painting a portrait of her mum with inspiration from Whistler’s Mother. The mother models for her daughter while trying to insulate her house from the noise of the bombs to no avail. The father, whose health is deteriorating, tries to reimagine his war-stricken city with old photos.
international title: | Before the Night |
original title: | Beriya Seve |
country: | Italy, Turkey |
year: | 2022 |
genre: | fiction |
created by: | Erhan Sunar |
directed by: | Ali Kemal Cınar |
film run: | 62' |
release date: | IT 1/04/2022 |
cast: | GulbIn Bozan, Rabia Cınar, Hüsnü Timur, Ihsan Sakar, Lisa Calan |
cinematography by: | Yagiz Yavru |
film editing: | Ali Kemal Cınar |
art director: | Mehtap Yildirim, Efrin Ozyetis |
music: | Mustafa Avci |
producer: | Nesra Gürbüz, Ali Kemal Cınar, Paolo Maria Spina, Cekdar Erkiran, Hasan Demir, Ahmet Gurata |
production: | Monomit Film, Revolver |