The Particle

The Particle, 2012

Turkey, 35mm, Color, 80’, Turkish

Director: Erdem Tepegöz

Cast: Jale Arıkan, Rüçhan Çalışkur, Özay Fecht

The Particle is Erdem Tepegöz’s debut feature and earned him four awards at the Golden Orange Film Festival. The film presents a realistic and plain view of the working class. Fighting unemployment like many people, Zeynep struggles to survive in the big city where she lives with her little daughter and mother. Life becomes even more difficult when she is fired from her job at a textile mill. She sets off to work at a new job she has found outside the city. In this new job they all turn out to be crooks. As the camera follows Zeynep throughout the film, directly reflecting her dark world and her daily struggle, the director explores the question of existence through the story of this ordinary human being.