ZUHAL

Turkey-Germany - 2021

88 min

 

Directed by: Nazlı Elif Durlu

Script: Nazlı Elif Durlu, Ziya Demirel

DOP: Sebastian Weber

Cast: Nihal Yalçın, Sadi Celil Cengiz, Çağdaş Ekin Şişman, Sena Başdoğan, Sencar Sağdıç, Aysan Sümercan, Serpil Gül, Burcu Halaçoğlu, Sarp Aydınoğlu, Fatih Al, Şebnem Sönmez, Nur Sürer, Ilgaz Kocatürk 

 

Zuhal is an upper middle class woman with a nice job and a nice house in Istanbul, and a long-term relationship. Her ordinary life, spent with daily troubles, business rushes and phone calls with her boyfriend on a trip, changes when she hears a cat meowing one night. Because of this meow, which she believes is coming from a flat, she is forced to communicate with her neighbours, whom she deliberately avoids. However, she cannot convince anyone of the existence of this voice. In her debut, after three awardwinning short films, Nazlı Elif Durlu tells the story of a strong female protagonist, with dark humour and lively characters.

 

NAZLI ELIF DURLU

Born in Ankara, Turkey. she studied Film and TV in the Netherlands and got her masters degree from the University of Utrecht. She has written and directed three short films [Trust Me (2009), Later (2012), The Horse and the Nightingale (2013)]. She teaches at the film department of Istanbul Bilgi University. Zuhal is her debut feature film.

 

Festivals:

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2021

Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival 2021

Taipei Film Festival 2021

Istanbul Film Festival 2022