Development - ENGLISH, TURKISH - LGBT, Social issues, Drama - 120 minutes
Mert Kara, a college student, travels to the U.S to work as an Au Pair yet it somehow turns out to be self discovery, a journey to his soul, which shows him the biggest challenge: his sexual orientation.
Year of production : 2017 Director(s) : Selcen YILMAZOGLU Writer(s) : Selcen YILMAZOGLU Cast : Hakan YILDIZ, Cigdem SPICKERMANN, Louis CANCELMI, Barret SWATEK, Josh HARTNETT Producer(s) : Olga MERZLIKINA
MERT, 27 years old boy, a college student from Turkey, decides to run away from his life he has or maybe to have a life he never had, goes to USA and starts working as an au-pair and studying English at a language school and tries to lay the foundations of the free life he has always yearned for.Mert starts to live with very wealthy family of DUYGU, JOSEPH, and their kids, ARAN and DILAN. He become a close friend with NIL, 25 years old girl, with whom his roads have crossed from the first day of his adventure. She is becoming his role model of freedom and confidantiality.Mert re-builds his priorities and preferences in a country he can feel free, and as he is getting to know himself and acting without any pressure, he feels attracted to Joseph, an attraction he can’t make sense of. Mert and Joseph are stuck between resisting the attraction they feel and carrying the relationship further. Things they are going through, influenced not only on the irrational feelings but also by terrorism and political conflicts in Turkey, will effect everybody’s life which will never be the same again.
Country(ies) : TURKEY, BULGARIA, USA, FRANCE Financing plan : MalcIver Productions (Bulgaria)Magnetic Memories Productions (US)Scatena & Rosener Films (Finance & Distribution -US) Start of shooting : June 2017