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The Visitor (2015)

The Visitor poster
Original title
Misafir
Directed by
Mehmet Eryılmaz
Genre
drama film
Country
Turkey
Runtime
2h 07m
Rated
7+
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film explores a mother-daughter relationship after a death. It also includes a subplot about sexual harassment within the family. The story follows characters who feel like outcasts.

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What happens

The Visitor, directed by Mehmet Eryilmaz, is 2015 Turkish film. The Visitor is the second feature film of Mehmet Eryilmaz has produced “A Fairground Attraction” as well as some other dramatic documentaries. The Visitor analyses the universal mother-daughter issue, with death theme and covers the sexual harassment within the family as the sub story. With the hope which drives from tragedy, this film tells the story of misfits as the first film of the director. The leading actors are Zümrüt Erkin, Tamer Levent, Ayten Uncuoğlu, Hale Akınlı, Ersin Umut Güler and young actress Melek Çınar. Sema Moritz with her songs and Fatih Al from the previous film, now Nur’s lover, acting fairground guy Cemal again is acting ‘Cemal’ in the Visitor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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