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Eksik

Missing (Eksik) (translated)

Movie · 2015 · 9 people

Barış Atay directed, produced and starred in the 2015 Turkish drama Eksik ("Missing"). Made under the Barikat Film banner and distributed by M3 Film, it opened in cinemas on 17 April 2015 and runs 105 minutes. The screenplay is by Mehmet Kala and Şeref Nokta, who won the best screenplay award at the 6th Malatya International Film Festival for it.

The story looks at a family torn apart after the 1980 coup and the thirty years of separation that followed. At its centre are the mother, Melek, and her two sons, Türker and Devrim, who were forced to grow up apart. All three have carried a longing mixed with anger for years, and the film follows their attempt to piece together a break from the past and to face one another for the first time. Nur Sürer plays Melek and Özgür Emre Yıldırım plays Devrim, while the director, Barış Atay, appears as Türker. Toprak Sağlam (Dilek), Uğur Polat, Funda Eryiğit, Sarp Akkaya (Muzaffer) and Bülent Çolak complete the cast.

The film was shot in Antakya in July 2014. Barış Aygen was the director of photography, and the music was written by Saki Çimen and Uğur Ateş, and Ömer Ünal served as art director.

DirectorBarış Atay
Production companyBarikat Film
Missing (Eksik) Missing (Eksik) Missing (Eksik)

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Cast

Bülent Çolak Bülent Çolak Actor · 49 years old Nur Sürer Nur Sürer Actor · 72 years old Toprak Sağlam Toprak Sağlam Actor · 41 years old Uğur Polat Uğur Polat Actor · 65 years old Özgür Emre Yıldırım Özgür Emre Yıldırım Actor · 43 years old Barış Atay Barış Atay Actor · 45 years old Funda Eryiğit Funda Eryiğit Actor · 41 years old Salih Bademci Salih Bademci Actor · 42 years old Sarp Akkaya Sarp Akkaya Actor · 46 years old

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History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

Eksik looks at the wounds the 1980 coup opened not only in politics but inside families: a mother and two sons forced to grow up apart come face to face for the first time after a thirty-year rupture. Reading the coup from inside a family rather than from the public square makes visible the marks the period left on individual lives. Even the fact that one son is named Devrim, meaning revolution, recalls the political climate of those years in a single word. This confrontation, where anger and longing intertwine, makes you think about a generation's unfinished reckoning without lecturing. The weight of the subject does ask the viewer for real emotional readiness.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

With Barış Atay wearing three hats at once as director, producer and actor, Eksik shows in every frame that it is a personal project. The script by Mehmet Kala and Şeref Nokta, which won best screenplay at Malatya, pushes the great historical event into the background and puts the psychological weight of separation at the centre, and that is the right call. Nur Sürer's Melek feels like the film's centre of gravity. On the other hand, Atay being both behind and in front of the camera sometimes costs the film its distance; some emotional scenes seem held longer than they need to be. Reaching the moment of confrontation within 105 minutes takes some patience, but the destination rewards the effort.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humour and heart.

This is not a film to sit down and laugh at with the family. It deals with heavy themes like the coup, separation, anger and years of longing. It is not suitable for young children, who will find it both dull and confusing. For high-school-age teens and adults, though, the story of a mother and sons torn apart is a good chance to talk about the value of family ties. Keep the tissues handy.

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