An Interview with Writer/Director/Producer Penelope Lawson
We chat with Penelope Lawson about her short film, The Dinner Party, her experience founding her own production company, and fun cinema.
Bad Luck
Hikmet and Salim are close friends whose lives aren’t going quite as planned. Salim, who has been working as an intern at a company for a long time, finally receives the long-awaited promotion news and becomes a manager. However, on the very day he thinks he has achieved his dreams, the company goes bankrupt, and he ends up with a huge debt. Meanwhile, Hikmet, who has fallen in love with Yağmur, has been waiting for the right moment to declare his love. Just when he seizes the opportunity to save Yağmur’s life, he gets beaten up by a group of vagrants. Frustrated by their misfortunes, the two friends decide to end their lives. But carrying out these decisions won’t be easy.
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Hikmet and Salim are close friends whose lives aren’t going quite as planned. Salim, who has been working as an intern at a company for a long time, finally receives the long-awaited promotion news and becomes a manager. However, on the very day he thinks he has achieved his dreams, the company goes bankrupt, and he ends up with a huge debt. Meanwhile, Hikmet, who has fallen in love with Yağmur, has been waiting for the right moment to declare his love. Just when he seizes the opportunity to save Yağmur’s life, he gets beaten up by a group of vagrants. Frustrated by their misfortunes, the two friends decide to end their lives. But carrying out these decisions won’t be easy.
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