Clair Obscur

Clair Obscur

2017 · 100 min · TR · 5.6 (45 votes)
Dir. Yeşim Ustaoğlu · Starring Funda Eryiğit, Ecem Uzun, Mehmet Kurtuluş, Okan Yalabık, Serkan Keskin, Sema Poyraz · Music Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz
Drama

Şehnaz, a young female psychiatrist from Istanbul, starts mandatory duty in a provincial town. Back in the city, she maintains a marriage that looks flawless on the outside. Elmas, a young woman on the verge of breakdown, opens a new path in her.

VIBE

A suffocating atmosphere permeates this slow-burn psychodrama. It's a tense, melancholic exploration of repressed desires and fractured identities, set against the backdrop of a stifling small town. The mood is oppressive, making for a deeply unsettling, character-driven experience.

melancholictensepsychologicaloppressiveslow-burnarthousepsychodramacharacter-drivenrepressionidentityunhappinesssexuality
small townwoman directorunhappy marriagepsychodramaturkishrepressed sexuality
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