PASSED BY CENSOR

By Serhat KARAALSAN

BAC FILMS - as SALES World / DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline

Drama - Completed 2017

Zakir, a jail guard in charge of censoring the mail, becomes obsessed and loses control when he starts to believe a woman is in danger.

Festivals
& Awards

Karlovy Vary IFF 2019
East of the West - Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Drama, Thriller
    • Countries
    • TURKEY, GERMANY, FRANCE
    • Languages
    • TURKISH
    • Duration
    • 95 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Serhat KARAALSAN
    • Synopsis
    • In the heart of Istanbul’s prison, Zakir is in charge of controlling the letters prisoners receive. His average day is spent between the
      censorship office, his colleagues and his evening writing class. For a writing assignment, he steals a photo from one of the letters,
      in which appears Selma, an inmate’s wife. More than an inspiration, she becomes an obsession for Zakir. He observes her, makes up
      stories, and imagines the worst to the extent that he puts himself at great risk