Sayara

Director: Can EvrenolTurkey 202498 min.FSK 18 (unrated)
Ostentor CinemaFri. 11.04.202518:00
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That is what it is about

Sayara, who emigrated from Turkmenistan as a child and is trained in martial arts, works as a cleaner in a gym in Istanbul. Her boss is having an affair with her sister - but when she catches him with another woman and threatens the married man with a scandal, she falls foul of a powerful macho clan. The stage is set for the blind, bone-breaking vendetta of the one-woman murder machine Sayara, who gives the degenerate patriarchy its rightful place! And for good.

What you should know

What a brutal piece of work! What sounds like conventional rape-and-revenge at first glance turns out to be a radical reckoning with a sexist system. There are no innocents here: Anyone who looks the other way is just as much a perpetrator and is punished in the same way by Sayara, who literally slaughters herself into a frenzy and tears everyone involved apart with her fists, feet and teeth. Powerful and painful - in more ways than one. It remains to be seen what the FSK will say about it.
Original title: Sayara
Rights holder: Indeed Films
Language: Turkish
Cast: Duygu Kocabiyik, Emre Kizilirmak, Özgül Kosar,
Film festivals: Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, Fantasy Filmfest, Imagine Film Festival, Splat! Film Festival

Direction

With his latest work, Can Evrenol proves that he is a master of a wide variety of film languages: his fourth feature is pure carnage on the one hand, and on the other, an intimate portrait of characters through almost tender close-ups. But he also demonstrates courage, as SAYARA blatantly criticizes the injustices inherent in today's Turkey - between women and men, between marginalized minorities and a corrupt elite. Completely independently produced. And completely stunning.

Our guests at the film screening

Can Evrenol

Audience Award

Sayara was voted 1st place (4,3000 points) in the feature-length film category at the HARD:LINE Festival 2025 by our audience.

The evaluation was based on a five-point system (1 = Nope!, 5 = Yeah!).

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