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Silenced Tree

Iran, Islamic Republic of, Turkey, 2020, 118 minutes, Colour, Turkish; Turkish captioned, English subtitled


2021 Torino Underground Cinefest;  Best Film, Best Editing 2020 Adana Golden Boll FF; Best Actor, Best Composing

Director:  Faysal Soysal

Screenplay: Faysal Soysal

Cinematography: Vedat Özdemir

Editing: Mostafa Kherghehpoosh

Music: Payam Azadi

Production: Balkon Film, Eshragh Film

Cast: Serdar Orçin, Sezin Akbaşoğulları, Kübra Kip, Ali Mert Yavuzcan

Hayati is a small-town literature teacher and a one hit wonder author who tries helplessly to hold on to his past: his shattering marriage, his sick old mother, a decaying walnut tree and the memory of his father. Instead of moving on with his life and taking control, he passively accepts its blows and is only interested in digging into the past, until his discovery forces him to confront his own weakness.