Directed by:
Yeşim UstaoğluScreenplay:
Yeşim UstaoğluCinematography:
Michael HammonComposer:
Marc MarderCast:
Neslihan Atagül, Barış Hacıhan, Özcan Deniz, Nihal Yalçın, Yasemin Baştan, Erol Babaoğlu, Ilgaz Kocatürk, Can Başak, Nihat AlanurPlots(1)
A young woman working at a drive-in leads a monotonous dead-end life, connected to the outside world only by the drivers. A cruel and beautiful coming-of-age drama with evocatively cold and decorous imagery. "Araf" is Turkish for "purgatory" or "limbo." The director, who says the endless waiting in the "Purgatorio" section of Dante's "Divine Comedy" is undoubtedly its most painful aspect, compares a young woman's stagnation at a drive-in restaurant with purgatory. Her frustration at being stuck in a place with no future near a vital highway linking Istanbul and Ankara has the resonance of the best coming-of-age films from Turkey and around the world. (Tokyo International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
![Neslihan Atagül](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/477/160477427_12835f.jpg)
Neslihan Atagül
Turkey
Best movies:
Endless Love (2015) (series)
The Ambassador's Daughter (2019) (series)
Oh Belinda (2023)
Barış Hacıhan
Turkey
Best movies:
Magnificent Century: Kosem (2015) (series)
![Özcan Deniz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/484/160484605_dfbeb2.jpg)
Özcan Deniz
Turkey
Best movies:
Water and Fire (2013)
A Part of Me (2014) (series)
İstanbullu Gelin (2017) (series)
Nihal Yalçın
Turkey
Best movies:
İstanbullu Gelin (2017) (series)
Yasemin Baştan
Turkey
Best movies:
Cars of the Revolution (2008)
Erol Babaoğlu
Turkey
Best movies:
Bliss (2007)
Burning Days (2022)
Ilgaz Kocatürk
Turkey
Best movies:
Our Grand Despair (2011)
Can Başak
Turkey