Misericordia

A thief breaks into an elderly woman's apartment in the middle of the night.
The unlucky timing of the intended robbery brings them face to face.
After some moments of mounting tension and brawl; they end up sitting around the kitchen table for a talk and some tea.

  • SILA UNLU
    Director
    CHECKMATE
  • SILA UNLU
    Writer
  • EMRE GUNER
    Writer
  • SILA UNLU
    Producer
  • KAAN SEVI
    Key Cast
    "THIEF"
  • FATMA KAPLAN
    Key Cast
    "WOMAN"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Noir, Drama
  • Runtime:
    12 minutes 37 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 1, 2019
  • Country of Origin:
    Turkey
  • Country of Filming:
    Turkey
  • Language:
    Turkish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.90:1
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - SILA UNLU

Born in 1982 in Izmir, Turkey, Sila Unlu had her undergraduate degree on Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design at Sabanci University. She continued her studies on film directing at FAMU, Prague, where she wrote and directed her first award winning short film CheckMate. She attended the Berlinale Talent Campus as a directing talent on 2009; and took part as a young jury member at the 2009 Nuremberg Turkish German Film Festival. She completed the Producer's workshop at Yapim Lab in 2011 and the feature length scriptwriting workshop at the Gotham Writers New York in 2016. She is currently working as filmmaker in Kim Bu Video which she founded in 2014.

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Director Statement

Misericordia is a film that looks into human relationships and conscience. The story is inspired of a question that crosses almost anyone's mind one day or another: "What would I do if someone breaks into my home?". In that way I believe it is a subject anyone can relate to easily.
As a director, I made this short film as a genre practice. I tried to make it into a 'Film Noir', a short crime film in black and white, including some other clichés of the genre.