This Is Not Me
2022|91 min|Documentary
THE STORY
“This is Not Me” tells the story of gay men who have had to marry women to hide their sexual orientation in the face of societal and family pressure in Turkey. The driving character of the film, Mustafa, is Mehmet’s lover of 15 years. Mustafa describes Mehmet as a “homophobic homosexual.” During the first couple of years of their relationship Mehmet violently abused Mustafa because of guilt. In the film we see Mustafa trying to put this very passionate but equally traumatic relationship in the past. Mehmet, however, has no desire to let go of Mustafa.
THE STORY
“This is Not Me” tells the story of gay men who have had to marry women to hide their sexual orientation in the face of societal and family pressure in Turkey. The driving character of the film, Mustafa, is Mehmet’s lover of 15 years. Mustafa describes Mehmet as a “homophobic homosexual.” During the first couple of years of their relationship Mehmet violently abused Mustafa because of guilt. In the film we see Mustafa trying to put this very passionate but equally traumatic relationship in the past. Mehmet, however, has no desire to let go of Mustafa.
CAST & CREW
Cast
Mustafa
Mehmet
Yusuf
Director
Jeyan Kader Gülşen
Zekiye Kaçak Bakırhan
INFORMATION
Production company
Kader Gülşen, Zekiye Bakırhan
Genre
Documentary
Released
2022
Age rating
R
LANGUAGES
Audio
Turkish
Subtitles
English (embedded)