WINNER - FIPRESCI PRIZE - Berlin International Film Festival
WINNER - INNOVATION AWARD - Toronto International Film Festival
WINNER - BEST ACTOR - Istanbul International Film Festival
WINNER - JURY PRIZE - Sarajevo Film Festival
GRAND PRIX NOMINEE - Flanders International Film festival

"An extraordinary piece of cinema"
Jane Schoettle, TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

"A standout! …a strong new voice in Turkish cinema!"
Jay Weissberg, VARIETY

"An extraordinary character study…Memorable... Moving"
Elliot Stein, TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL

"A richly textured, thoughtful exploration of the hypocrisies inherent when fundamentalists engage in commercial ventures"
Jay Weissberg, VARIETY

Muharrem is a forty-five-year-old single man, living in one of the oldest residential districts in Istanbul, in the very house in which he was born. He works every day as the assistant to a sack trader, the same job he has held since he was eleven years old. The conservative and traditional behaviour of his late parents and of his community have led Muharrem to be an introvert, so his exceptionally simple life centres on his total devotion to the services and exercises of a religious sect. The core of Muharrem’s life is his bedrock belief in - and fear of - God.