Yellow
Letters

Yellow Letters screens at ByTowne Cinema. Directed by İlker Çatak, the film won the Golden Bear at the Berlinale. It follows Aziz, a professor at Ankara University, and his wife Derya, a famous actress at the national theater, after each receives a “yellow letter” announcing dismissal. Both are condemned for their ideas and seek refuge in Istanbul with Aziz’s mother, where the strain between their new precariousness and their political commitment tests their marriage. Tickets are available through the cinema’s website.