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Araf/Somewhere in Between

2012 · 124 min

A quiet, drifting watch that sits with restless young people stuck between boredom and longing, more mood than momentum.

Directed by: Yeşim Ustaoğlu
Genres: Drama
Starring: Neslihan Atagül, Özcan Deniz, Barış Hacıhan

Overview: Araf is the story of Zehra and Olgun whose lives are caught in a vacuum. The world in which they live and work is a place of throwaway culture and constant change. They too are waiting for a chance to change and escape from their empty, monotonous lives.

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Directed by: Yeşim Ustaoğlu
Genres: Drama
Starring: Neslihan Atagül, Özcan Deniz, Barış Hacıhan

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
identity
coming-of-age
loneliness
class
Places: small town
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Yeşim Ustaoğlu
Written by: Yeşim Ustaoğlu
Starring: Neslihan Atagül, Özcan Deniz, Barış Hacıhan, Nihal Yalçın, Ilgaz Kocatürk, Can Basak, Yasemin Baştan, Erol Babaoğlu
Runtime: 124 min
Country: Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, South Korea, Turkey
Languages: Turkish

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