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Athlete (2025)
Directed by Semih Gülen, Mustafa Emin Büyükcoşkun
Drama · 1h 29m
Hatice, a young and ambitious weightlifter living with her unemployed mother, aims to win the lifetime allowance provided to athletes who win medals in international competitions. In her pursuit of success at all costs, she decides to use an unconventional doping technique at the world championships: She will get pregnant, boost her hormones, and then have an abortion. But when her attempts don’t go as well as she’s anticipated, she has to take unexpected detours.
Cast
Sevda Baş
Tarhan Karagöz
Esra Kızıldoğan
Bilgesu Akın
Gamze Akça Özcan
Ercan Kesal
Crew
- Director
- Semih Gülen, Mustafa Emin Büyükcoşkun
- Director of Photography
- Ayşe Alacakaptan
- Original Music Composer
- Eylül Deniz Keleş
- Editor
- Semih Gülen, Arda Çiltepe
- Producer
- Arda Çiltepe
Details
- Original title
- Atlet
- Release date
- 2025-04-19
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- TR
- Spoken languages
- Bosnian, Turkish
- Countries
- Turkey, Germany, Romania
- Production
- Vigo Film, Amok Film, filmfaust, Tangaj Production