Purgatory
The Purgatory

Director: Yeşim Ustaoğlu
Producer: Yeşim Ustaoğlu
Screenplay: Yeşim Ustaoğlu
Year: 2012
Cinematographer: Michael Hammon
Art director:
Music: Bruno Tarriere
Cast: Neslihan Atagül, Barış Hacıhan, Özcan Deniz
Color: Colorful
Production Company: Ustaoğlu Film Production
Country: Türkiye, Germany, France
Release date: 21.09.2012
Subject: ARAF tells the story of two young people stuck in limbo: Zehra and Olgun; They work endlessly, in a huge gas station located on a highway, where everything comes and goes, in a 24-hour shift, in an unchanging monotony, as if they were expecting and dreaming that their lives would suddenly change one day, in a vacuum in which they almost vanished. they live. Will this expectation, which suddenly appears one day, save them from being in limbo? (Taken from press release)

Notes about the movie:
The film focuses on the story of being a girl in the countryside, the pain of growing up, and the story of a woman trying to exist between the countryside and the city. It emphasizes being stuck between traditions and the dream of freedom.

Contents related to the movie:
Female characters' search for freedom in Yeşim Ustaoğlu's cinema. İlbuğa, E. U. (2018). Selçuk İletişim, 11(2), 292-320.
Yeşim Ustaoğlu: Dead Times and Purgatory, Fırat Yücel, 2013.
https://altyazi.net/soylesiler/yesim-ustaoglu-olu-zamanlar-ve-araf/

Awards:
International Adana Film Festival (2012) “Best Art Director” (Osman Özcan)
“Best Supporting Actress” (Nihal Yalçın)
“Türkan Şoray Promising Young Actress Award” (Neslihan Atagül)
“Promising Young Actor Award” (Barış Hacıhan)
Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival (2013) “Young Witch Award” (Neslihan Atagül)
Moscow 2morrow Film Festival (2012) “The Best Actor of Now and Future” (Neslihan Atagül)
Sadri Alışık Theater and Cinema Actor Awards (2013) “Best Supporting Actor” (Barış Hacıhan)
SİYAD Turkish Cinema Awards (2013) “Best Actress” (Neslihan Atagül)
“Best Art Director” (Osman Özcan)

Source:

Evren, M. Burçak. (2014). 100 Years of Turkish Cinema. T.R. Culture and Tourism Ministry.
İlbuğa, E. U. (2018). Female characters' search for freedom in Yeşim Ustaoğlu's cinema. Selçuk İletişim, 11(2), 292-320.