PURE WHITE

BEMBEYAZ

By Necip Çağhan ÖZDEMIR

ARTHOOD ENTERTAINMENT GMBH - as SALES All rights

Drama - Completed 2021

Vural, a husband and a father who was raised in faith, leads a seemingly pious and conformist life. Yet, everything takes a sudden dark turn when he learns a truth that will force him to confront his views on religion and morality.

Festivals
& Awards

Shanghai International Film Festival 2021
Golden Goblet Award Competition
B3 Biennal of Moving Image 2021
Goa International Film Festival 2021
BIFEST - Bari International Film Festival 2021
International Crime and Punishment Film Festival 2022
Eurasia Film Festival Poland 2022
Balcan Panorama Film Festival 2022
Filmfest Cottbus of Eastern European Cinema 2022
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Drama, First film, Crime
    • Countries
    • TURKEY
    • Languages
    • TURKISH
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 96 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Necip Çağhan ÖZDEMIR
    • Writer(s)
    • Necip Çağhan ÖZDEMIR
    • Producer(s)
    • Ahmet Berk ÖZDEMIR
    • Synopsis
    • Vural’s life is the epitome of mundanity. Born and raised in a pious family, he performs his duties as a father to a young boy, a breadwinning husband, and a caring son to his sick father, with whom he runs a photography shop across the American Consulate in Istanbul. Continuing the family traditions, he preaches the lessons of the righteous life to his son. Yet, Vural has a secret, a minor transgression of his faith: An affair with Sonay, a young woman who visits his shop for passport pictures she needs in order to apply for a visa to the US.

      Sonay dreams of leaving and finding her luck elsewhere. Her dreams, however, shatter. In her emotional distress she confronts Vural, putting a threat on his uncomplicated living. Vural is faced with a hard choice: to deal with the consequences of the sin he committed or to cover it up and go down the dark path of dealing with his complete loss of morality.

      World Premiere Shanghai International Film Festival (Golden Goblet Competition)