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Bitter

Turkey, 2023, 12 minutes, Color, Turkish; Turkish captioned, English subtitled


Director:  Burak Oğuz Saguner

Screenplay: Burak Oğuz Saguner
Cinematography: Deniz Göçmen
Editing: Burak Oğuz Saguner
Sound: Berke Gülbakan
Producer: Burak Oğuz Saguner, Emma Doxiadi, Mert Güncüer
Cast: Selver Kınık, Filiz Demiralp, Mehmet Demiralp, Gürsan Piri Onurlu

Esra and Ahmet are guests at their friends Aslı and Mustafa's new home to celebrate the good news and to enjoy a salça-cooked meal. Made by reducing the water content of acidic fruit known as tomato to a rich, thick paste, when fried in hot oil, salça turns into a red sauce with a bitter taste… Like most bottled-up emotions and resentments. The evening unfolds smoothly until what begins as a heated argument from a near-by unit turns into a vicious fight. As four friends debate what to do, they fall into a dispute that will challenge their principles, characters and friendship.