Whitewash

(2014)

Genres: Drama

Year: 2014

Country: Turkey

Director: Emre Doğan

Cast: Ercan Kesal, Karya Filiz

Plot

In some villages in Eastern Anatolia, there is a common belief: If someone is about to die, a smell develops in the house a few days before the death occurs. Villagers call this smell "meft". A girl raised with this belief, is about to whitewash a room in the house for her sick mother to rest in. As she enters the room, the girl encounters a smell.