THE MUTE

SİNOPSİS

Living on his own under a modest roof, Sami makes a living as a mural painter. One day, he learns that his doting grandmother has passed away and left him a small chest full of calligraphy materials. At first, Sami rather dismisses the contents of the chest, so much so that he even considers getting rid of them. But then he meets Selma at the library where he has been commissioned to do a mural, and the introduction marks a turning point for him. Selma, an attractive and dignified woman with the impeccable manners of an old Istanbul family, once took up calligraphy herself. With her guidance and encouragement, Sami embarks on learning the practice of calligraphy. He is helped in his endeavours by Eşref Efendi, a gifted but demanding old-generation calligrapher, whose distaste for the present state of calligraphy has deterred him from taking on students for some time. And the master is quick to steer Sami towards love. For Sami, who finds himself caught between Selma and Eşref, the practice of calligraphy becomes a challenging journey in which he is forced to confront his memory, but also to address a fundamental question: Is practice impossible without love?

Specification

Feature Film 2019 Turkey 2019 Turkey 94' Color Turkish & English

Director

Murat Pay

Script

Selman Kılıçarslan, Murat Pay

Producer

İsmail Murat Erdağı

Co-Producer

Muhammed Garip

Production

Rasathane Movie

Co-Production

TRT

Executive Producer

Halil Kardaş

Line Producer

Emrah Göçen

Production Advisor

Zülfikar Kürüm

Casting Director

Ozan Çelik, Mim Kemal Öke, Vildan Atasever

Director of Photography

Andreas Sinanos

Editing

Taner Sarf

Art Director

Osman Çankırılı

Assistant Director

Barış Eren

Sound Recording

Muhammed Mokhtary

Sound Design

Uğur Akagündüz

Music

Ali Saran

Gaffer

Engin Altıntaş

Costume Design

Damla Şimşek

Hairdresser

Özgen Çeliköz

Makeup Artist