Strange, Abandoned, Deranged

(2024)

Genres: Documentary, Mystery

Year: 2024

Runtime: 71 мин

Country: Turkey, United Kingdom

Director: Ceylan Özgün Özçelik

Cast: Hasibe Eren, Tuğrul Tülek, Selen Şenay, Selen Domaç, Öykü Ertürk, Ali Basmacı, Emine Beril Kütle, Дамла Сёнмез

Plot

Turkey's first “eco” hotel, Naturland Eco Park and Resort, opened in 1991 and operated until 2014. A hybrid of documentary, black satirical comedy and circus-style performance, the film builds on fictional voice-overs that depict the experiences of hotel guests and staff and the gradual decay of the once-pompous and now dilapidated abandoned complex, which was closed due to overwhelming debts and left virtually untouched.