Les Chants de ma mère

Ali, a young teacher, lives with his mother Nigar in Istanbul. Every morning Nigar packs her belongings and sets out to return to her village in Eastern Turkey, which she was forced to leave after the ethnic clashes of the 90s. She roams the city in search of her village and the song that keeps returning in her dreams. Meanwhile Ali discovers that his girlfriend is pregnant and that he is not ready to become a father. Torn between the two women in his life, Ali has to find his own path. (Moscow International Film Festival)