The Lawyer

Halil, an internationally renowned lawyer, has trouble tidying up his newspaper articles. He thinks about the unresolved cases of the past and the current dictatorship. His concentration is impaired. On the one hand, Halil's wife Sevim is worried about Halil's health and the pressures. Halil tries to give the impression that everything is fine.

Halil goes to television programs and conference programs that he has to attend. However, he sees the mask hanging on the sun visor of the car on the street and has an accident because he remembers a bad memory. With Halil's life in danger, everyone thinks it is sabotage. This accident has national and international consequences. The professor and his students coming from Germany, who will attend the conference with him, are also very worried and unfortunately the public meeting planned for the conference takes place in the hospital.

  • Şenol Güngör
    Director
    Verboten (scenario, director), Ich will morgen (scenario, director)
  • Halil Özdikici
    Director
    Destiny? (2022), ? (2017), Again After Many Years (Documentary Movie 2019), Poor Children Of The Same City ((Documentary Movie 2019),
  • Şenol Güngör
    Writer
    Solingen 1993 (scenario), Der Freund (scenario)
  • Ruhrpott International
    Producer
    Solingen 1993
  • Şenol Güngör
    Producer
    Solingen 1993
  • Aycha Panza
    Producer
    Wisdom of The Whale(2023), Momscar(2023)
  • Şenol Güngör
    Key Cast
    "Halil"
  • Ferbal Yıldırım
    Key Cast
    "Sevim"
    Momentary (2022), Can We Drink Tea? (2019), Digital Loneliness (2019),
  • Rebecca Borchert
    Key Cast
    "Profesor"
  • Manuela Jansen
    Key Cast
    "Manuela"
    Traum der Ten
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Avukat /Der Rechtsanwalt
  • Project Type:
    Feature, Short
  • Runtime:
    19 minutes 59 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 6, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    18,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Language:
    German, Turkish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Karaca Cinema Short Film Selection
    İzmir
    Turkey
    June 9, 2023
    Team Demonstration, İzmir Premiere
    Karaca Cinema Short Film Selection
  • Bayetav Foundation Film Selection
    İzmir
    Turkey
    June 10, 2023
    Team Demonstration
Director Biography - Şenol Güngör, Halil Özdikici

Şenol Güngör, who lives in Essen (Germany), has written and directed many theater plays for 30 years and theater training.

Ruhrpott International Film Production company
has established.

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Director Statement

Here are the things that are painfully etched in our memory in our recent history:

Unjust and unlawful executions, murdered and journalists attacked, bureaucrat, politician, lawyer, writer, artist, upright and fearlessly, many say...

And who carries all their tenderness in his heart,
We witness the experiences of lawyer Halil, who became the representative of the flag of justice in a difficult environment.

While everyone thought it was an assassination, accident is happening. Therefore, many elements of curiosity and surprise developments in the story keep the audience alive.
The film wants to draw attention to these unsolved murderers and their oppression regimes, which should not be forgotten.
when people finish the movie, they see with a living memory that a lot of things still haven't changed and they are asked not to give up the struggle.