In the bustling chaos of Istanbul, as Yağmur waits at the bus stop, she witnesses a giant seagull snatch the woman beside her and vanish behind skyscrapers. Shaken, she joins her friends; soon, the shock fades into everyday chatter, and life resumes its usual flow.
Direction
Çam's deadpan handling of the impossible
Cinematography
Istanbul as beautiful indifferent witness
Acting
Saka's numb acceptance steals every frame
Director
Hazal Beril Çam
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film echoes real Istanbul anxieties — street harassment, femicide, and the city's habit of swallowing trauma whole. The seagull is almost too on-the-nose.
Çam studied at KASK in Belgium, and the deadpan absurdity shows — think Zvyagintsev meets Lanthimos, but make it Turkish and deeply exhausted.
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