The Guest (Misafir) (translated)

Mehmet Eryılmaz wrote and directed Misafir (The Visitor), a Turkish drama of 2015. It is his second feature after A Fairground Attraction, runs about two hours, and follows some dramatic documentaries he had made earlier. With hope drawn out of tragedy, it tells a story of misfits living on society's edge.

At its center is Nur, who was thrown out of her father's house years ago and comes back with her small daughter once she hears that her mother is dying. Zümrüt Erkin plays Nur. Under the shadow of death, the film explores the universal mother-daughter question and treats sexual abuse inside the family as a subplot. Tamer Levent, Ayten Uncuoğlu, Hale Akınlı, Ersin Umut Güler and young actress Melek Çınar make up the cast. Fatih Al, who played the fairground worker Cemal in the earlier film, returns as the same character, now Nur's lover, and Sema Moritz adds her songs.

It premiered on September 1, 2015, at the 39th Montreal World Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Award and the Grand Jury Prize.