HESITATION WOUND

SYNOPSIS

Criminal lawyer Canan divides her time in the courthouse in the mornings and at her mother’s hospital bed at night. On the day of the sentencing hearing for a murder suspect whom Canan is defending, she must make a moral choice that will affect the lives of her mother, the judge, and the defendant.

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

Selman Nacar was born in 1990 in Usak in Türkiye. Selman is a filmmaker with MFA in Film Directing from Columbia University, New York. He gave lectures on fictional filmmaking at the same university. He also holds degrees from Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Film. He is an alumnus of the Berlinale Talents 2019. Nacar’s debut Between Two Dawns premiered at the 69th San Sebastian Film Festival and received many awards, including the Best Film Award at the 39th Torino Film Festival. Nacar’s second film premiered at the 80th Venice Film Festival.

DESCRIPTION

HESITATION WOUND (ff.)
DIRECTOR: Selman Nacar
COUNTRY: Türkiye, France, Romania, YEAR: 2023.
RUNTIME: 84’
LANGUAGE: Turkish
CAST: Tülin Özen, Oğulcan Arman Uslu, Gülçin Kültür Şahin, Vedat Erincin, Erdem Şenocak
PRODUCTION: Arizona Productions, Fol Film, Karma Film Prod
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