Archive of films Passed by Censor / Görülmüştür
Turkey / Germany / France
2018, 95 min
Section:
East of the West - Competition
Year: 2019
Zakir works in a prison as a censor. Each day he reads dozens of letters, carefully blacking out everything not meant for the eyes of those serving time. A photograph inserted into one of the envelopes disrupts his regular routine, and his interest in the unknown woman in the picture grows into an obsession. A psychological study of an individual who gradually loses his personal and professional integrity while becoming trapped in his own fantasy world.
Synopsis
Zakir works in a prison as a censor. His days are spent reading other people’s letters, carefully blacking out everything not meant for the eyes of those serving time. In order to escape the stress of his job, he signs up for a creative writing course. One day, however, he is given a tricky assignment – to select a photograph and write a fictional account inspired by the picture. He decides to use a photo he finds enclosed in one of the letters. But Zakir’s interest in the woman depicted shifts beyond the assigned task and becomes a compulsive preoccupation to help her, regardless of whether her cruel fate is real or just a figment of his imagination. A psychological study of a man who succumbs to his obsession, unable to distinguish fantasy from reality.
Anna Kořínek
About the director
Serhat Karaaslan (b. 1984, Varto, Turkey). Filmography: Bicycle (Bîsîklet, 2011, short), Musa (2012, short), Ice Cream (Dondurma, 2014, short), Passed by Censor (Görülmüştür, 2018)
Contacts
BAC Films
9, rue Pierre Dupont, 75010, Paris
France
Tel: +33 180 491 000
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.bacfilms.com
About the film
Color, DCP
International premiere
Section: | East of the West - Competition |
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Director: | Serhat Karaaslan |
Screenplay: | Serhat Karaaslan |
Dir. of Photography: | Meryem Yavuz |
Editor: | Ali Aga |
Art Director: | Ibrahim Ildem |
Producer: | Serkan Cakarer, Undine Filter, Thomas Kral, Judith Nora, Priscilla Bertin |
Production: | +90 Film Production |
Coproduction: | Departures Film, Silex Films |
Cast: | Berkay Ates, Saadet Isil Aksoy, Fusun Demirel |
Sales: | BAC Films |
Guests
Serhat Karaaslan
Film Director
Undine Filter
Producer
Thomas Král
Producer
Berkay Ates
Actor