The Mute

 At first, Sami dismisses the contents of the chest, so much so that he even considers getting rid of them. But then he meets Selma at the library where he has been commissioned to do a mural, and this introduction marks a turning point for him. Selma, an attractive and dignified woman with the impeccable manners of an old Istanbul family, once took up calligraphy herself. With her guidance and encouragement, Sami embarks on learning the practice. He is helped in his endeavours by Esref Efendi, a gifted but demanding old-generation calligrapher, whose distaste for the present state of calligraphy has deterred him from taking on students for some time. And the master is quick to steer Sami towards love. For Sami, who finds himself caught between Selma and Esref, the calligraphy becomes a challenging journey in which he is forced to confront his memory, but also to address a fundamental question: Is practice impossible without love?

Director: Murat Pay 
Screenplay: Murat Pay, Selman Kiliçaslan 
Director of Photography: Andreas Sinanos 
Editor: Taner Sarf 
Music: Ali Saran, Salih Demirtas 
Sound: Ugur Akagündüz 
Costume Design: Damla Simsek 
Production Design: Osman Çankirili, Osman Çankirili 
Producer: Ismail Murat Erdagi 
Production: Rasathane Film 
Contact: Rasathane Film; [email protected] 
Casting: Erengül Öztürk 
Cast: Mim Kemal Öke, Vildan Atasever, Emin Gürsoy, Ozan Çelik