A HOPE

BİR UMUT

Fiction, Turkish; English sub, Türkiye, Germany, Slovenia, 2022, Color, 93’

Umut (35) is an actor who wants to act in movies. Asiye (43) is a stage director at their private theater company. Following the death of Umut’s father, his mother marries a man with three children, and he is sent to live with his uncle in Bursa. He has not had any contact with his mother for twenty years. His mother has come to Bursa in search of the cure for her illness, MS. Forced to take care of his mother’s treatment, Umut accidentally learns about Asiye’s pregnancy at the hospital. The news causes a massive crisis because Umut does not want to be a father. Asiye disappears without warning. Because of all the feelings, he accumulated over the years, he lives a great showdown with his mother. Umut, who spends the night in a remote area, receives unexpected news from his mother and Asiye in the morning. But he can be up with only one of them.

Director : Ümit Köreken

Producer : Nursen Çetin Köreken, Ümit Köreken

Co-Producers : Ufuk Genç, Ales Pavlin, Andrej Stritof, Cafer Ozan Türkyılmaz

Screenplay : Nursen Çetin Köreken, Ümit Köreken

DoP : İbrahim Çaltılı

Editing : Ümit Köreken, Nursen Çetin Köreken, Arzu Volkan

Cast : Baran Şükrü Babacan, Eylen Yıldız, Funda Eskioğlu, Savaş Baytok, Vahide Deniz Yerdelen, Deniz Gürsucu, Gözde Duru