Dancing Barefoot

Dalya Keleş

Turkey / 2024 / Fiction / 14’9”I2505479

Dancing Barefoot
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SYNOPSIS

Nejla (39) is struggling to complete a ballet choreography. This particular choreography is a performance that her mother, a professional ballerina, had performed on stage years ago. Things seem to be not going well for Nejla, who will perform this choreography on her mother's 10th anniversary. On the one hand, she has trouble relearning how to dance properly, because she hasn't practiced ballet for a long time, and on the other hand, her 7-year-old daughter Ladin constantly demands her attention and pushes her boundaries. After finding her mother's choreography record, Nejla returns to the past while preparing for the anniversary dance performance. She comes across the carpet in the living room of the house where she was born. She wants to improve her relationship with her daughter through her relationship with her own mother, and at the same time, she wants to feel some sort of liberation. However, Ladin ends up breaking this cycle by refusing to dance.

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