Breath

BREATH (SOLUK), 2019
Turley | HDD, Color, 94’ | Turkish
Director: Özkan Yılmaz
Cast: Uğur Polat, Aslı İnandık, Emrullah Çakay

Producer and director Özkan Yılmaz’s first feature length film focuses on a drama where three different characters’ lives intersect. There is Aslı, who is in her 30s, full of life but not quite sure of what she really wants, there is her upstairs neighbor and mentor whom she enjoys spending time with, Tamer, who is ill and is only comforted by the presence of his friends, and there is Celil, who is the caregiver, looking after patients in their last days. During Tamer’s final days, these three different characters come together; their stories interconnect and change one another in this painful process between life and death. The movie makes its mark with its strong acting and simply shot story.