MOMMY’S LAMBIE
UMUT EVIRGEN
2023
1 Hour 20 min
Serbia,Turkey
Turkish
Murat (30) can’t shake his nightmares in prison. Not knowing the reason he is on trial he oscillates in a tragicomic limbo of different narratives among his parents, his past teachers, and an omnipresent lawyer. He relives the clashes that ruined his childhood. His mom expected him to grow up and to save her, while his father, already married to Monica when Murat was born out of wedlock, wanted to make a man out of him at age seven.
His circumcision festivity, a night supposedly organized for his joy, became his hell. The custody battle and his mom putting the knife against the lawyer’s throat are vivid memories haunting him. The courtroom transforms into a battlefield where all sides clash with one another. Murat dives into this battle headfirst. He grabs a pistol from a policeman to kill the person who ruined his life. Is he the victim of an elaborate setup again or will he rid himself from the past burdens?
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY – UMUT EVIRGEN
Umut Evirgen was born in Istanbul in 1990. He studied business at Berkeley College and finished his M.A. in film and television at Istanbul Bilgi University. His first short film Fine Dying was selected to the 33rd Edmonton Film Festival(Oscar Qualifying). The film received the “Special Jury Award” at Malatya Film Festival and “Best Editing” award at Cluj Shorts and Short to the Point Film Festival. He founded Set Sanat Production in 2019 in order to realize his projects which he wrote.
He wrote and directed his first feature film I am the Sea in 2020. The film received invitations from Rhode Island Film Festival and Edmonton Film Festival and was screened at Adana Golden Boll Film Festival where it was awarded the “Türkan Şoray” Promising Young Actress Award.
I am the Sea had its international premiere at 31st Film Festival Cottbus in Youth Film Competition.
His second feature film shot in 2021, Meeting Point premiered at the 37th Warsaw Film Festival.
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