Double's dilemma

NUH is a low-level criminal in his 20s who runs an underground business with his gang of misfits in Istanbul. Because of his albino look, Nuh has struggled his entire life with rejection and his own identity. The world has failed to accept him as a normal human being except for his best friend, Ibrahim, another outsider but one that comes from wealth. Ibrahim and Nuh are like soulmates to each other. They go to prayers at the mosque together, they discuss about comic books non-stop together. Ibrahim, a devout muslim with great curiosity in sciences, loves to invent for Nuh because he can sense everyday Nuh’s yearning to belong. The day arrives for Ibrahim when he can finally introduce his masterpiece to Nuh. His new invention is a machine that can print hyper-realistic masks that can be used as facial replicas of anyone they want. By creating these masks, Ibrahim aims to give Nuh, finally, the ability to be normal and belong. The paradox is that Nuh can achieve this only by adopting somebody else’s face, and look, not his. In the beginning this doesn’t seem to be a problem for Ibrahim and Nuh as they enjoy their new toy: By wearing these masks, Nuh gets to expand his criminal business and begins to work as the double for a new shady client who happens to date the girl he loves, Dilara Dilemma. However, as he dives deep into the life of this client he becomes irreversibly seduced by the privileges the mask can offer him. He becomes obsessed with them and Dilara, gradually abandoning his own identity and life putting his friends and himself in danger. Ibrahim watches his best friend slip away.

Production company profile

KARLAKUM FILM was founded in Istanbul by Esra Saydam as the sister company of Sand & Snow Films (New York). Both companies develop cross-cultural stories and provide production services.

Credits include THE HAPPY SAD (2013) directed by the Sundance winner director, Rodney Evans; ACROSS THE SEA(2014), a Turkish-American production supported by Turkish Ministry of Culture and awarded with 6 Golden Bolls in Turkey and an Audience Award at Slamdance; MUSIC OF STRANGERS (2016 Berlinale //HBO) by the Oscar Winner director, Morgan Neville and REBEL MUSIC (MTV).; An independent production company based in Bogota, Mexico City, Toronto and Zurich. Our approach to storytelling, focused on modern day cross-cultural narratives, has taken our projects to audiences worldwide. We have co-produced and co-developed content in four different continents with big studios and companies like Gaumont, Amazon, Netflix and Apple.

CREDITS include RUIDO CAPITAL(2020, Movistar), GREEN FRONTIER(2019, Netflix), TIJUANA(2019. Netflix), FALCO (2018 Amazon), SOMOS MONSTRUOS (in development with Gaumont, which produced shows like NARCOS, LUPIN and HANNIBAL)

Email: esra@sandsnowfilms.com

Email: juandiego@fideliofilms.com