Ballad of Exiles: Yılmaz Güney 2016
In 1981, iconic Turkish film director escapes jail to France, his last work re-creating with other exiles the prison lives they left behind.
In 1981, iconic Turkish film director escapes jail to France, his last work re-creating with other exiles the prison lives they left behind.
A quirky receptionist in a hotel in Istanbul welcomes guests as they tumble upon their daily struggles, all to end up in a mix of chaos and dread after the arrival of a mysterious man who declares that he is their patron Saint.
A beautiful woman, seen for a moment and not realised whether she is real or imagined, will upset Basri's monotonous existence and throw him into a story that takes place outside of time and space: A story set in a world of obsessions, fears and delusions in which he finds himself all alone.