Incomplete Sentences
Incomplete Sentences

Incomplete Sentences

June 25, 2022 | 58 min

Aslı Erdoğan, world-renowned author and activist, has fallen into silence after she fled to Germany. Incomplete Sentences is a feature documentary on her literature and life, leading to exile in Frankfurt, after the Turkish regime’s oppression results in her unlawful imprisonment. Now, she struggles in exile while everybody is waiting for her to write again. Right after getting out of prison Aslı starts telling her story to the director, wandering in the streets of Istanbul she recites parts from her books and explains the stories behind. When Aslı goes to Germany to receive the Erich Maria Remarque Award she cannot return; thus her exile, which she likens to a semi-open prison, begins. As her health deteriorates and keeps her from writing, the tragedy in her books becomes her own reality.

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Naomi Scott

Aslı Erdoğan

Naomi Scott

adar bozbay

Naomi Scott

Necmiye Alpay

Naomi Scott

Mehmet Atak

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