SYNOPSIS

In a shaky, restless voice, a young woman talks on the phone about feelings of panic and fear. As we listen to Sahar, the agitated woman, we see a black screen. During the brief pauses, when only rapid breathing can be heard, black and white moving images flash across the screen, scattered elements taken from the Egyptian feature film Doa al Karawan (1959). That film is about the femicides that are often described as “honor killings” because the motive for the crime is to restore the family’s honor. “In my heart I know that something will happen to me,” Sahar confides to director Helin Çelik before the telephone connection abruptly cuts off.

GÉNÉRIQUE

• Director

  Helin Çelik

• Production

  Rebeca Sánchez López

  Helin Çelik

• Referent

  Gerald Weber

• Sales

  Gerald Weber

• Camera

  Raquel Fernández Nuñez