WHAT REMAINS
synopsis
A poet breaks free from a life that has become suffocating to reconnect with her inner voice and conscience and allow her creativity to flow again. As she begins to question the conventions of family, identity and the meaning of life, her journey towards self-discovery challenges those around her to reconsider their own lives — taking the whole family in a new direction.
| international title: | What Remains |
| original title: | Artakalan |
| country: | Turkey, France, Luxembourg, Bulgaria |
| sales agent: | The Match Factory |
| year: | 2026 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Yeşim Ustaoğlu |
| film run: | 126' |
| screenplay: | Yeşim Ustaoğlu |
| cast: | Öykü Karayel, Metin Akdülger, Ali Kayra Kul, İlyas Salman |
| cinematography by: | Kiril Prodanov |
| film editing: | Mathilde Muyard |
| music: | Şevket Akıncı |
| producer: | Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Anna Maria Aslanoğlu, Behrooz Hashemian |
| co-producer: | Raphaël Berdugo, Donato Rotunno, Stefan Kitanov |
| production: | Cité Films, Tarantula Luxembourg, RFF International, MUBI, Ustaoğlu Film (TR) |
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