I am always looking at the definition of commitment in different relationships like family, society and it is something which kept me thinking for last 50 years. Definition of commitment is evolving every year and I am trying to figure out problematic structures in our relations with role models in our families. The film “Commitment” is about our dilemmas about the sense of identity, difficulty in choosing between either the role of traditional mother or modern mother. I believe cinema is a very personal art and the idea for this film came from my own feelings and life story. These were echoed by  Semih Kaplanoğlu, director of famous ‘Yusuf Trilogy’ in a press conference during IFFI 2019 at Panaji, Goa on 22nd November.

Commitment is a 2019 Turkish drama film directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu. It was selected as the Turkish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards. The film will be screened in Master Frames section of IFFI 50 at Goa.

The movie focuses on modern parent-child relationships and the dilemmas faced by the protagonist Asli, a young mother who is trying to find a nanny. After leaving her job for a while to look after her baby, Asli starts searching for a babysitter to be able to return to her job. Meeting Gulnihal, also a mother triggers Asli’s confrontation with her own deepest secrets.

Actress of movie, Commitment, Ece Yuksel said that, she likes the positivity and happy endings and dance in Indian films and she watches them because of that.

Kubra Kip, an actress of Commitment said that having become familiar a little bit more with Indian culture, she is curious to explore it further.

Semih stated that “We keep searching for our identity as Turkey is at the meeting point of east and west. Writers like Orhan Pamuk are also looking at the question of identity.  Countries like Turkey and India which are in this dilemma of tradition versus modernity have sensitive creative processes”.