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I Beg You to Like Me (2022)
Directed by Gül Abus Semerci
Documentary · 44m
“I Beg You To Like Me”, serves as a testimony of individuals who felt oppressed about their body image for not meeting the standard beauty criteria, and demonstrates how a reckless language based on others’ physical appearance could turn violent. It aims to achieve much more than simply stating the obvious, which is that we are not obligated to submit to the ideal beauty standards dictated by the media, consumerism and the beauty industry. The intimate stories about one’s own body image as told by women, men, disabled people and LGBT individuals make it apparent that any one of us could end up being a victim and a perpetrator at the same time. What if, this iconic body image is nothing but an unobtainable fallacy? “Is it not yet the time to openly discuss the conventional perception of beauty, and step up onto the catwalk in our actual likeness?
Cast
Pınar Şenol
İrem Erkaya
Crew
- Director
- Gül Abus Semerci
- Screenplay
- Gül Abus Semerci
- Director of Photography
- Orçun Bilgin, Baris Yücel
- Editor
- Melike Kasaplar
- Producer
- Gül Abus Semerci
Details
- Original title
- Yalvarırım Beni Beğen
- Release date
- 2022-10-14
- Runtime
- 44m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- TR
- Spoken languages
- Turkish