Matinee

Series/Themes: Middle Eastern & South Asian Sidebar

Genre: Comedy, Drama, International

Accessibility: Subtitles

Film Year: 2018

Locations: Turkey

Film Length: 117 min.

Languages: Turkish

Subtitles: Subtitled

Director: Tolga Karaçelik

Featuring: Tolga Tekin, Bartu Küçükçağlayan, Tuğçe Altuğ

After a traumatic event in childhood, siblings Cemal, Kenan, and Suzan left their village of Hasanlar to be raised by their extended family. Thirty years later, the estranged siblings have been summoned back to their village by their father, who suggests that they learn about the history of Hasanlar. Upon their arrival, they discover their father has since passed away and had one final wish—to be buried on the hottest day of the year when the butterflies come to the village to die. This wild, dark comedy provides a playful and heartfelt look at the complexities of familial bonds. Introduction by Joshua M. White (UVA)

This film is part of the Middle Eastern and South Asian Film series supported by the UVA Institute of the Humanities and Global Cultures and the UVA Department of Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures