TAKSİM HOLD’EM

TAKSİM HOLD’EM, 2017
Turkey | DCP, Color, 89’ | Turkish
Director: Michael Önder
Cast: Kenan Ece, Damla Sönmez, Berk Hakman

Rather than participate in the protests happening right near his home, Alper is determined to stay at home and play poker like he promised his friends. But the friends who come to his place to play are puzzled by Alper’s indifference, just like his fiancée Defne who takes to the streets to join the protests. It will become difficult for him to ignore the events once Defne is brought home with an injured foot by an unknown young man and two people escaping police intervention take refuge in the apartment despite Alper’s objections. As the night unfolds at the poker table, discussions intensify over such topics as whether or not to join the demonstrations, the attitude of the police, rules, rights, and justice.