Araf

Araf / Somewhere in Between - Trailer

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• published: 22 Aug 2012
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Film, Arafta kalmış iki gencin hikayesini anlatır: Zehra ve Olgun.. Her ikisi de otoban üstünde kurulu devasa bir benzin istasyonunda 24 saatlik vardiya usulü çalışmaktadır. Herşeyin gelip geçici olduğu bu yerde onlar da... sanki buradaki hayatlarının geçici olduğu, bir gün değişivereceği beklentisi içinde çalışırlar ve yaşarlar.. Zehra karakteri,köyünde ailesi ile birlikte yaşamaktadır.Çalışmadığı zamanların çoğunu bir çok akranı gibi evde televizyon karşısında geçirir. Televizyonun sunduğu pırıltılı hayatların etkisiyle bir gün kendi hayatının da ekranda izlediği, kendisinden hiç de farklı görünmeyen bu gençler gibi değişeceğini, buralardan gideceğini ve büyülü bir aşk yaşayacağını düşler.. Zehra'nin, bir kış gecesi park alanına kamyonuyla gelen,orta yaşlı Mahur isimli kamyon şoförüne aşık olmasıyla hayatlarının tüm dengeleri altüst olur. Zehra bu ilişki sırasında aşkı,bedenini,cesareti öğrenirken yavaş yavaş da masumiyetini yitirmeye başlar.. ARAF - SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN is the story of Zehra (18) and Olgun (18) whose lives are caught in a vacuum. They both work 24 hour shifts in a large motorway service station. The world in which they live and work is a place of throwaway culture and constant change. They too are waiting for a chance to change and escape from their empty, monotonous lives. When Zehra is not working, she spends her life in front of the TV. She dreams that one day she will escape her dull surroundings and go far away to live a glamorous life and fall wonderfully in love like the characters she sees on the box. Zehra's colleague Olgun, who is wildly in love with Zehra and doesn't give up trying to impress her, also has big plans for his life: He wants to get rich quickly by winning a TV gameshow and become a power- ful and impressive man. Zehra and Olgun share the same TV-fuelled dreams. But one day their lives are turned upside down, when Zehra falls passionately in love with a lorry driver, Mahur (38), who arrives at the petrol station during the winter. While Zehra discovers her own body, sexual powers and self- confidence through her affair with Mahur and starts to slowly lose her girlish innocence, Olgun, who is troubled by this change in Zehra, starts to try more outlandish stunts, inspired by those he has seen on TV, to make himself a local hero and win her back. When Zehra learns that she is pregnant, she tries to protect her unborn child within a very conservative soci- ety and she learns that only she can take responsibility for her life and decide on its' direction. Olgun's violent reaction, brought about by his incredible disappointment and wounded pride at this news, lands him in prison. After some time though, he learns the meaning of true love and selflessness. Over the course of the film young Zehra and Olgun grow up and learn the stark truths of life eventually embrac- ing each other and discovering a way out of this 'Araf,' or 'somewhere in between,' albeit ending up very far from their initial dreams... Cast Özcan Deniz Neslihan Atagül Barıs Hacıhan Ilgaz Kocatürk Nihal Yalçın Written & directed by: Yesim Ustaoglu Produced by: Ustaoglu Film (Turkey), CDP (France), The Match Factory (Germany) Format: 35mm / color / Turkey / Germany / France 2012 Original Language: Turkish