Waiting For Heaven

Waiting For Heaven (Cenneti Beklerken), 2006

Cast: Serhat Tutumluer, Melisa Sözen, Mesut Akusta, Nihat Ileri, Riza Sönmez

Turkey, Color, 107’; Turkish with English subtitles

14th International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival, Best Music, Best Film Editing, Art Direction and Special Jury Award; 18th Ankara International Film Festival, Best Music, Best Art Direction

Eflatun is a master miniature artist who's living in 17th century Istanbul. One day, he's taken to the vizier's mansion by force. There he learns that Danyal, one of the Ottoman princes who has ignited an insurrection, is arrested in a far off state and to be executed soon. Eflatun is ordered to make a portrait of the rebel prince who's been condemned to death in a Western manner to help the authorities be certain on the identity of him. Upon the order, Eflatun sets off for an arduous journey to Anatolia. He picks up a girl named Leyla en route. Together, they find themselves in a great venture fraught with sensations.