Elene
16-year-old Elene is an illegal Georgian immigrant who works at a tea plantation in Turkey. Feeling threatened by various encounters, she tries to be invisible in this foreign land. But it is not as easy as she thinks.
Cast
- Mariam Buturishvili ELENE (LEAD ACTOR)
- Maya Pachuashvili MOTHER (SUPPORTING ACTOR)
Credits
- Directors
- Sezen KAYHAN
- Producers
- Sezen KAYHAN
- Cinematographers
- Yakup Algül
- Editors
- Ayhan Ergürsel
- Sound editors
- Ömür Müldür
Directors Statement
We are often under the illusion that life presents us infinite amount of choices. Yet, the reality unveils the illusion to prove us the opposite every chance it gets. Necessities outrun choices and render the most natural feelings impossible to experience. Lives that cannot be chosen leave behind half stories.
The main reason behind my desire to tell this story is to highlight the struggle of strong women living in the Black Sea’s though geography and to explain their sacrifices and longings.
runtime: 11 min
screening: September 4th