| Egg | |
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| Directed by | Semih Kaplanoğlu |
| Produced by | Semih Kaplanoğlu Lilette Botassi |
| Written by | Semih Kaplanoğlu Orçun Köksal |
| Starring | Nejat İşler Saadet Işıl Aksoy Ufuk Bayraktar Tülin Özen Gülçin Santırcıoğlu Kaan Karabacak Semra Kaplanoglu |
| Release date(s) | 2007 |
| Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | Turkey/Greece |
| Language | Turkish |
Egg (Turkish: Yumurta) is an award-winning 2007 Turkish-Greek drama film directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu. The film is the first instalment of the Yusuf Trilogy, named after the eponymous lead character of the series, which includes Milk and Honey, filmed and released in reverse chronological order. It was shown in competition at the 60th Cannes Film Festival.[1][2][3]
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Poet Yusuf learns about the death of his mother Zehra and goes back to his hometown, Tire, where he had not been for years. In his mother's house, a young girl, his cousin. Ayla, awaits him. Yusuf had not been aware of Ayla, who had been living with his mother for five years.
Ayla conveys Yusuf Zehra's pledge to sacrifice a lamb after her death and tells Yusuf that he has to carry out his mother's wishes. Gradually he succumbs to the memories in the house, and the rhythms of the town, its inhabitants, and the spaces filled with ghosts.
Yusuf and Ayla set off for a saint's tomb, a couple of hours away, for the religious sacrifice ceremony that his mother had pledged. Arriving after the herd from which they had planned to purchase a lamb has gone into the mountains to graze, they are forced to spend the night in a hotel by a nearby crater lake. A wedding ceremony held at the hotel brings Yusuf and Ayla closer. While the falling snow covers guilt, they no longer head back to that old town.
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