Based Down South
Director Martina Priessner
Countries Germany, Turkey
Duration 88 min
Synopsis
Bülent, Murat, Fatos and Cigdem share the memories of their childhood and youth in dey. Now all of them live in Istanbul, three of them against their will. Only Ciğdem, the young manager with a de passport freely opted for a life in Istanbul. Bülent was deported five years ago; Fatoş and Murat were forced to go to TR by their parents. Even after decades in their parents’ country of origin, the three have never really managed to make it their home. 20 years later it is very insecure if they can make their dream of returning to dey come true. Meanwhile they live in a a »surrogate dey« they have constructed for themselves.
Bülent, Murat, Fatos and Cigdem share the memories of their childhood and youth in dey. Now all of them live in Istanbul, three of them against their will. Only Ciğdem, the young manager with a de passport freely opted for a life in Istanbul. Bülent was deported five years ago; Fatoş and Murat were forced to go to TR by their parents. Even after decades in their parents’ country of origin, the three have never really managed to make it their home. 20 years later it is very insecure if they can make their dream of returning to dey come true. Meanwhile they live in a a »surrogate dey« they have constructed for themselves.