Süt

Süt ist der Titel des zweiten Teiles einer Trilogie (Egg, Milk, Honey) des türkischen Regisseurs Semih Kaplanoğlu. In seinem Film thematisiert er den Weg der Türkei nach Europa am Beispiel einer Frau und ihres Sohnes in einer anatolischen Kleinstadt. Als dort die ersten Supermärkte eröffnen, verliert die Familie, die einen kleinen Milchladen betreibt, ihre Existenzgrundlage.

Recent high school graduate Yusuf is uncertain about his future in the provincial countryside. Writing poetry is his greatest passion and some of his poems are starting to be published in obscure literary journals. But for the time being, he continues working in his single mother‘s village milk business, also with an uncertain future. Up until now, Yusuf’s widowed mother Zehra has focused all her attention on her only child. Still a young and beautiful woman, Zehra is having a discreet relationship with the town‘s station master. His mother‘s affair and being deemed unfit for military service due to a childhood illness make Yusuf even more anxious about taking the sudden leap toward manhood. Will young Yusuf be able to handle the changes in his peaceful existence? Can he survive on poetry and working alongside his mother in her small-time milk business? Or will he be forced to move to the big city or seek a job in one of the many factories threatening the unspoiled landscape?