Most of us had that moment when we wished we could simply reboot our lives and start over, far from everyone and everything we knew, moving to a new town or country, changing our profession, meeting new people, and letting go of the old. In reality, second chances are rarely offered; thus, they must be seized, and this is what the main protagonist Reyhan (Defne Kayalar) of Melisa Önel’s drama “Suddenly” does.
Suddenly is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam
The story centers around Reyhan who, because of her husband’s new job, has returned to Istanbul after living in Hamburg for more than twenty years. She is introduced during a magnetic resonance imaging scan in the opening scene, with her scared eyes looking straight into the camera, surrounded by the terrible whiteness of a medical room. When she afterwards gets presented with different olfactory probes at the nostrils,...
Suddenly is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam
The story centers around Reyhan who, because of her husband’s new job, has returned to Istanbul after living in Hamburg for more than twenty years. She is introduced during a magnetic resonance imaging scan in the opening scene, with her scared eyes looking straight into the camera, surrounded by the terrible whiteness of a medical room. When she afterwards gets presented with different olfactory probes at the nostrils,...
- 2/5/2023
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
Melisa Onel found that her international relations degree did not open many career paths and turned to the arts instead. She’s worked in theater, photography, documentaries short film and, increasingly, in features.
Her latest feature film “Suddenly,” which has its world premiere in Tokyo on Wednesday, has the accomplished feel of someone who has found their groove, but still has many things to say.
The film’s story is simple enough. It depicts a woman in her forties who takes an opportunity to discover more about herself, by deliberately choosing to go missing in her former hometown of Istanbul. In another director’s hands the same setup could be the vehicle for a thriller, an urban adventure, or a focus on the missing woman’s anxiety-struck family.
Instead, Onel’s telling puts the woman, Reyhan, played by Defne Kayalar, in almost every frame as she coolly walks away from her husband,...
Her latest feature film “Suddenly,” which has its world premiere in Tokyo on Wednesday, has the accomplished feel of someone who has found their groove, but still has many things to say.
The film’s story is simple enough. It depicts a woman in her forties who takes an opportunity to discover more about herself, by deliberately choosing to go missing in her former hometown of Istanbul. In another director’s hands the same setup could be the vehicle for a thriller, an urban adventure, or a focus on the missing woman’s anxiety-struck family.
Instead, Onel’s telling puts the woman, Reyhan, played by Defne Kayalar, in almost every frame as she coolly walks away from her husband,...
- 10/25/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has ordered a social thriller from Turkish creator Berkun Oya, the man behind well-traveled international drama format The End.
Oya has created an untitled eight-part series and will write and direct the project, which is produced by Ali Farkhonde and Nisan Ceren Gocen on behalf of Krek Film.
The series tells the story of a group of unique characters from dramatically different socio-cultural backgrounds meeting in startling circumstances in the vibrant and colorful city of Istanbul, – some by chance and some by force of will. Now they must form new friendships or reckon with a complicated past.
The series, which has kicked off production today and is set to air in 2020, stars an ensemble cast including Oyku Karayel, Fatih Artman, Funda Eryigit, Alican Yucesoy, Tulin Ozen, Defne Kayalar, Settar Tanriogen and Bige Onal.
Oya is best known for The End, which tells the story of a woman with a perfect life,...
Oya has created an untitled eight-part series and will write and direct the project, which is produced by Ali Farkhonde and Nisan Ceren Gocen on behalf of Krek Film.
The series tells the story of a group of unique characters from dramatically different socio-cultural backgrounds meeting in startling circumstances in the vibrant and colorful city of Istanbul, – some by chance and some by force of will. Now they must form new friendships or reckon with a complicated past.
The series, which has kicked off production today and is set to air in 2020, stars an ensemble cast including Oyku Karayel, Fatih Artman, Funda Eryigit, Alican Yucesoy, Tulin Ozen, Defne Kayalar, Settar Tanriogen and Bige Onal.
Oya is best known for The End, which tells the story of a woman with a perfect life,...
- 11/14/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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