A day in the metropolis that is Istanbul and a look at three destinies: Cemo sells paper tissues on the streets in order to support his family. Today, the 10-year-old will finally pluck up the courage to speak to the girl he has long had a crush on. Hayat’s unwelcome marriage has lacked any form of passion since day one. When the first love of her life suddenly makes contact, she agrees to meet him in secret. Ebru works as a prostitute to make ends meet. This beautiful transsexual can attract any man she wants, but the man of her dreams will not stand by her. On this day, Cemo, Hayat and Ebru are prepared to do everything it takes to quench their desires. With an attentive eye on the poetry of day-to-day life, Esen Isik’s debut feature film is a sensitive tale of love, violence and Turkish society at the beginning of the 21st century.
Esen Isik was born in 1969 in Istanbul, Turkey, and has dual Swiss and Turkish citizenship. She has lived in Switzerland since 1990 and has studied at the Zurich Art Academy’s film & video department from where she graduated in 1997. Her short film THE STOLEN FATHER received the Swiss Film Prize 2000 for Best Short Film, her short film YOU & ME the Swiss Film Prize «Quartz» 2012 for Best Short Film.
Filmography 2012 – YOU & ME, short 2001 - EINE GENERATION ZWISCHEN ZWEI WELTEN, short 2001 - REISE OHNE RÜCKKEHR, short 1999 - THE STOLEN FATHER, short 1997 - ÖLMEYE YATMAK – SICH ZUM STERBEN HINLEGEN, short 1996 - LINIE 83, short 1995 - WEGGEHEN, short 1994 - IN DEN KELLER, short 1993 - ASKIN, short
In order for our website to function optimally, we use cookies for some of our applications. This includes i.a. the embedded social media, but also a tracking tool that provides us with information about the ergonomics of our website and user behavior. If you click on "Accept all cookies", you agree to the use of technically necessary cookies and those to optimize our website. See "Cookie Settings" for more information.
Control settings
Please select your preferences. You can change these at any time.
In order for our website to function optimally, we use cookies for some of our applications. These cannot be deactivated, otherwise you will not be able to use all applications.
In order to make our website as user-friendly as possible, we have i.a. social media embedded on our website. This allows you to share content with your loved ones on the appropriate network with just a few clicks. We also use anonymous tracking technology, which gives us information about e.g. the user behavior, but also the effectiveness and ergonomics of our website. For this purpose, we also use services that may be based outside the European Union (especially in the USA), where the level of data protection may be lower than in Germany.