The Pomegranate

Meet Neslihan! Accomplished housewife, gifted cook. And suspected serial killer... Neslihan is a devout housewife. Born and bred in Istanbul, she spent most of her married life in Anatolia’s provincial towns due to the nature of her husband’s job. She is shy, but amiable, and a terrific cook. When the town is plagued by a number of mysterious deaths, Neslihan becomes suspect number one. The newly appointed deputy officer, a young, clever and ambitious man who has had professional training in the US, feels there is a link between the murders and Neslihan, but fails to find sufficient evidence. Neslihan keeps cooking the sheriff’s goose by playing the role of a slightly mad, quite innocent woman every time she’s about to be busted.

Three male housemate and three female housemate came across in a cafe, and they fall in love with each other.

Five interconnected stories set in modern-day Istanbul based on the fairytales Snow White, Cinderella, Pied Piper, Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood.

Ara is the story of four people and an empty house. These people are stuck between their past and stormy relationships, between Istanbul and the "homes" they can't get back, between their innermost secrets and the lies they tell, between east and west. They are stuck in the "space between". The whole action takes place in an almost empty flat which is belong to one of the characters. The camera goes out only once. But various other visuals from commercials, TV series' that has been shot in the same flat, sneak into the film. Spanning around 10 years, the story is told between intervals of these visuals. Turkey has been through a huge change in the last 20-30 years. The modest country of the recent past is a faded memory compared to the consumerist life style of modern day. It is the time of ambitious people who can do anything to "live well", to "break through". This is the story of a small group of people who manage to "live well" but can't help getting lost in a spiritual vacuum.

Eren and Reyhan had a love affair when they were 16 and 17, respectively. Eren is the daughter of a powerful member of the parliament while Reyhan is the daughter of the keeper in their summer house in Büyükada, an Istanbul island. Reyhan remembers it as “Rich girl falls for a poor... girl. A perfect melodrama!” When their relationship is revealed, Eren's family force them to separate, and send Reyhan and her father away from the island. They don't see each other for 20 years. Eren gets back to the island 20 years later. The film starts at this point.