Sayara
Local title
Sayara
Director
Can Evrenol
Country
Turkey
Year
2024
When her sister is murdered, Sayara begins to follow in her father's footsteps, seeking a path of revenge.
Sayara is a quiet young woman from Turkmenistan who works as a cleaner in a gym in Istanbul. When her older sister, Yonca, is brutally murdered by a group of friends of Barış, the gym owner with whom Yonca was having an extramarital affair, and they are released due to “lack of evidence”, Sayara decides to take justice into her own hands.
Can Evrenol (“Baskin”) returns to his midnight cinema roots with this ultra-violent anti-revenge flick, which combines psycho-sexual elements with grappling martial arts.
Director
Can Evrenol
Screenwriter
Can Evrenol
Cast
Duygu Kocabiyik, Özgül Kosar, Emre Kizilirmak, Caner Atacan, Zakirjan Bazarov
Producer
Sarp Kalfaoglu, Can Okan, Ahmet Ziyalar
Cinematographer
Umut Turan
Composer
Volkan Akaalp
World sales
Inter Medya
Runtime
Language
Turkish, Turkmen
Subtitles
English
Other festivals
Istanbul
Director
Can Evrenol
Baskin (2015), Ev Kadını (Housewife, 2017), Peri: Agzi Olmayan Kiz (Tüdruk ilma suuta, PÖFF 2019), Sayara (2024)
Screenings
Trailer