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Logline

After a young girl is horrifically raped and murdered, her soul seeks revenge. And her best friend finds her uncorrupted and clean corpse years later.

Synopsis

Two lovers, 16-year-old Jenny and Harry, go for a walk in the woods when the weather is nice. Together they talk about Jenny's 17th birthday, which will be the next day. When Harry's mother calls him urgently and asks for help, Harry has to leave his girlfriend alone in the forest. But before Harry leaves, Jenny warns him. She says that if one day she finds out that he cheated on her, sooner or later she will find him and punish him. After that, Jenny, who wants to enjoy the nice weather, continues her tour and chats with her friend Melanie on the phone. Shortly after the conversation, Jenny is taken to the deserted middle of the forest by a masked person and insidiously raped. The ruthless rapist then takes her to another location and buries her alive. years pass. Harry is trying on his groom suits because he is getting married the next day. But when he doesn't feel fit enough, he spontaneously goes jogging. When a terrifying ghost suddenly appears in front of Harry, he tries to escape. But his efforts are unsuccessful. After Harry finally realizes that this ghost is Jenny's, he can't save his life anymore. The next day, Melanie learns from the TV news that businessman Harry has been brutally murdered. When the news reports that mysterious messages and signs were painted on the trees with Harry's blood, Melanie becomes very curious and goes to the area where the murder happened. Melanie deciphers the messages written on the trees and starts digging the ground with her hands. As she starts digging deeper, she finds a lotus-shaped necklace. After she picks up the chain, scenes play out in Melanie's mind. In these scenes, Melanie sees that Jenny's real rapist and murderer was Harry. Continuing, Melanie finds the necklace's owner, Jenny. Melanie looks at her friend whose body is still intact and pristine despite all these years. Melanie hugs her best friend and congratulates her 17th birthday with tears.

  • Coskun Turna
    Writer
  • Coskun Turna
    Director
  • Coskun Turna
    Producer
  • Serhat Can Alim
    Producer
  • Iris Knapp
    Key Cast
    "Jenny Harper"
  • Fred Aaron Blake
    Key Cast
    "Jenny (Ghost)"
    Die Känguru-Chroniken, Er ist wieder da, Oh Boy
  • Roberto Puzzo
    Key Cast
    "Harry Oscar"
    World Order: Drei Tage und Drei Nächte, Dream Vision Reality, Dose
  • Karina Frik
    Key Cast
    "Ella"
  • Richard Alexander Becker
    Key Cast
    "Passerby / Masked Person"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Horror, Fantasy, Drama
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes 24 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 15, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    3,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Coskun Turna

Coskun Turna, born in 1983, lives alone and is single. He studied product design and screenwriting in Krefeld. Today he lives in NRW, Witten. His great respect and passion for sports and arts since his childhood, gave him not only a certain achievement, but also a certain vision and goal for the future. Years of work as a trainer and supervisor with young people and older people gave him the opportunity to get to know the human psyche better and inspired him for the stories he writes for cinema. After the practical experience in the USA/New Jersey at Ebru-TV, he started working at the film production company ITEP Pictures GmbH in Frankfurt as a production assistant and scriptwriter and later participated in the production of 2 short films. He not only writes sci-fi, horror and fantasy stories, but also uses his creative side and does the respective storyboards and concept arts. In 2021, after a training production Habitat, he managed to shoot his English language short film Sooner or Later with two famous actors like Fred Aaron Blake(The Kangaroo Chronicles) and Roberto Puzzo(World Order: Three Days and Three Nights). For the film Radio Message by Sven Oliver Kürten, he was commissioned as cover designer.

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