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Swaying Waterlily

Germany, Turkey, 2015, 107 minutes, Color, Turkish


Director:  Seren Yüce

Screenplay: Seren Yüce
Cinematography: Barış Özbiçer
Editing: Mary Stephen
Music: Gökçe Akçelik
Production: Motiva Film, Yeni Sinemacılar
Cast: Songül Öden, Tolga Tekin, Tülay Günal, Eraslan Sağlam, Duru Lal Pekel, Taha Yusuf Tan, Serpil Göral, Ayşe Tunaboylu, Esme Madra, Serkan Keskin, Sezin Bozacı

Having reached their 40’s Handan and Korhan live a humdrum life in an upper scale neighbourhood in Istanbul. Handan tries to keep herself occupied, relentlessly trying on new pastimes, counting on Korhan’s support for each one. Korhan, on the other hand, having witnessed too many of her whims, has learnt not to make much of them. Failing to get any support from her husband, Handan takes up writing in order to fill her void, which she imitates from her author friend Sermin. Her aspiration quickly turns into jealousy, disrupting the dynamics between the two families.