Ayse a beautiful 19-year-old girl from the Turkish countryside is chosen to be married to the Hasan son of formidable and house proud mother Fatma who resides in Vienna with her husband and children. However what soon becomes apparent is that Ayse is to be second wife to Fatma's husband. This tight-knit family go to great lengths to preserve traditional values and although polygamy is illegal in Austria Ayse is welcomed. Yet her presence in a country whose language and culture is entirely foreign to her immediately marks her as an outsider. As Western societal... norms and Muslim religious beliefs draw closer together in an ever diversifying family unit tensions arise resulting in an explosive stroke of fate. Umut Dag's mature feature debut is a rich tapestry of swirling emotions suppressed desires unspoken words and uncomfortable yet pressing social and political questions. Special Features: Papa - A Short Film by Umut Dag Making Of Deleted Scenes [show more]
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Austrian family drama. Tricked into caring for her new family by her scheming mother-in-law Fatma (Nihal G. Koldas) through a marriage to her son Hasan (Murathan Muslu), Ayse (Begüm Akkaya) is taken from her native Turkey and moved to Vienna. Shunned by Hasan, Ayse is to become the second wife of Fatma's husband Mustafa (Vedat Erincin) and while adapting to her new role she succeeds in caring for the family while Fatma undergoes treatment for cancer. But when the family begin struggling to make ends meet, Ayse is forced into taking a job in a nearby supermarket where she meets Osman (Berk Kristal) and the pair embark on a secret relationship even though they are both aware of the potential consequences of their infidelity...
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