
            Egemen (Erdem Akakçe) is a man in his thirties who works as an office boy at an advertising agency and, in spite of his advancing age, is forced to live inside the same house with his mother Gülseren (Meral Çetinkaya). For Egemen, life has meant dealing with his mothers mental black-outs and it has been like a small version of hell hidden away in their house and maybe prepared just for them.For Gülseren, on the other hand, the only thing that makes life worth living is Egemen. The rest is an endless angst and a restless spirit endured in her house in which she imprisoned herself. The only person that she wants to be with is Egemen. Even the thought of something that might separate her from her son is enough to drive her mad.The only place where Egemen can breathe easy and escape the hell he has spent his whole life living,, is the advertising agency where he works. Connecting with the outside world through his work is what takes Egemen away, if only for a while, escaping his mothers dark world. To complicate matters, , Egemen interest in his boss Umay (Derya Alabora) has become a new dilemma. His mothers presence is a huge impediment for his interest. Egemen feels stuck between his mother Gülseren and his bossUmay. IN DARKNESS is the sometimes frightening, sometimes suspenseful, and somewhat funny story of a mother whose life has been shaped by the moral judgment of the middle-class and the young man forced to live in his mothers hell.
    

In Darkness


            When he was six years old, one morning Hayati witnessed his father's suicide; his prison guard father hung himself on a walnut tree in the garden. Throughout his childhood, he questioned the reasons his father decided to take his own life and left him alone, and during this time, he withdrew and became isolated. Canalized into writing, Hayati received awards for his novella he wrote during his university years.After graduation, Hayati returns to his hometown and works as a literature teacher. On one hand, he tries to help his mother (Kadife) who is suffering from a terminal illness, while on the other hand; he tries to revive the dying dry walnut tree in the garden. Grumbling about not being able to write like before, Hayati has married to art teacher Yaprak with the insistence of his mother and his close friend Ahmet. Contrary of Hayati's wimpy and meek character, Yaprak has an ambitious and dominant character. Over time, incompatibilities and conflicts arise between them. Hayati is constantly the oppressed party due to his meek and passive character. His wife uses the psychologically problems as an excuse and files for divorce.Upon his research, Hayati arrives at new information about the suicide of his father. Due to some misunderstandings, his prison guard father didn't or maybe couldn't help his friend, who were unjustly tortured to death during the military coup. Later on, Hayati's father couldn't stand his guilty conscience and committed suicide. His father's dead friend is the father of no one other than Hayati's close friend Ahmet. These new facts Hayati learned about his father, the connection he established with the walnut tree and his father's remaining belongings, problems he has with his wife, and all these issues making Hayati the talk of the patriarchal town's people causes Hayati's mother Kadife to worry about him. Since she is afraid that Hayati might do something crazy like his father, she asks Ahmet to cut down the walnut tree. She has a sudden attack during the half-term school holiday and dies.The next night after the funeral, Hayati learns that Yaprak left town with the English teacher. When he goes home, he finds the note Yaprak left for him. While he tries to burn a painting left from Yaprak, curtains catch fire by accident. Hayati tries to put out the fire, but the living room burns down. Hayati goes to his Uncle Isa, whom he always visits.A few weeks later, an unidentified woman corpse is found in the lake. The body resembles Yaprak physically. The suspicions are concentrated on Hayati since no one heard from his wife for a long time. Despite knowing the corpse didn't belong to his wife, he takes the blame for the murder. In fact, Hayati has witnessed the killing of the unidentified woman by her ex-husband (in particular crimes committed against women) by the lake, but he felt guilty for not being able to help or for choosing not to help. Therefore, as much as he tries to escape Hayati repeats his father's fate.
    

Silenced Tree

Until I Lose My Breath


            
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