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Turkey, 1999. Under the pseudonym of Arzu, forty-year-old Sabiha works in a erotic call centre in Ankara. Call after call comes in. Then, suddenly, a terrible earthquake hits Istanbul. A teenage customer who spoke to her shortly before the disaster rings back. He is buried under rubble and begs her to save him. Sabiha can only think of one solution. She makes a phone call without realising that it will draw her into political issues beyond her control.
Festivals & awards
Berlinale 2025: Panorama
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In cinemas
Ste-Croix
St. Gallen
Vevey
Zürich
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Press voices
«Au fur et à mesure que l’action progresse, le rythme s’accélère et le spectateur, qui n’en croit pas ses oreilles, se retrouve prisonnier du suspens. Un véritable tour de force […] Une fiction à haute et noble portée.» Aux arts etc., Valérie Valkanap
«Ein intensives Kammerspiel über Mut, Freiheit und das Leben hinter verschlossenen Türen in der Türkei.» arttv
«A punchy and audacious huis clos about the condition of women in Turkey.» Cineuropa
«Ein packender Film, auch dank einer guten Hauptdarstellerin, deren Gesicht oft minutenlang die ganze Leinwand füllt.» Kino-Zeit
«A tightly composed thriller that balances social and political inquiry while the screen is domianted by Saadet Işıl Aksoy's performance.» Screen Anarchy
«Ein ausserordentlich kurzweiliger Film.» Uncut
«The situation forces Arzu to turn into a kind of Scheherazade of the Arabian Nights: caught up in a spiral, she is forced to tell stories without really finishing them, hoping that fiction will help her save her life.» Çağla Zencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti