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Yellow Letters

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Life is good for Derya and Aziz, a celebrated artist couple from Turkey, until an incident at their play’s premiere. Suddenly targeted by the state and struggling to balance their ideals with life’s necessities, their marriage is pushed to a breaking point.

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Namrata Joshi The New Indian Express 3d
...there’s a sense of propulsion and urgency here, driven by Judith Kaufmann’s cinematography and Marvin Miller’s music, with an added layer of the constant overlap of the world of theatre and the real. Go to Full Review Stephen A. Russell Time Out 5d
A well-observed and performed family drama. It’s heartbreaking to watch Namal and Biçer getting ratty with one another, as the pressure builds and Çatak’s slicing dialogue ricochets Go to Full Review Travis Jeppesen Sight & Sound 6d
İlker Çatak’s political drama about an avant garde theatre couple whose family life begins to unravel when their work is targeted by the government has much to say about artistic censorship. Go to Full Review Derrick Murray That Hashtag Show 2d
4/5
...it serves a rallying cry for change...what happens when we lose art and artists to state control propaganda machines. We all want to save the world, and Yellow Letters asks us how much are we willing to lose to be the change we want to see. Go to Full Review Alistair Ryder The Film Stage 6d
When the world stage is in the rearview and the drama relegated to the intimacy of the family home, it becomes far more affecting. Go to Full Review Rino Lu ScreenAnarchy 6d
Namal and Biçer form a compelling duo, conveying the intensity of their relationship both as spouses and as artistic collaborators when conflicts erupt. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Ilker Çatak

Director

Özgü Namal

Derya

Tansu Biçer

Aziz

Leyla Smyrna Cabas

Ezgi

Ipek Bilgin

Güngör Hanim

Aydin Isik

Salih
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Movie Info

Synopsis Life is good for Derya and Aziz, a celebrated artist couple from Turkey, until an incident at their play’s premiere. Suddenly targeted by the state and struggling to balance their ideals with life’s necessities, their marriage is pushed to a breaking point.
Director
Ilker Çatak
Producer
Ingo Fliess, Enis Kostepen, Nadir Operli, Carole Scotta
Screenwriter
Ilker Çatak, Ayda Meryem Çatak, Enis Kostepen
Production Co
Arte, Haut et Court
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Turkish
Runtime
2h 8m