Albüm

A childless couple decides to fake a pregnancy photo album so that their adopted son will consider them his biological parents and as proof to friends and colleagues. As a typical middle-class couple who wants to complete the picture of the ideal family, all they need is a son, but adoption can be a long process, especially when the parents are picky…

Fertility problems are still a source of shame in modern-day Turkey, and adoptions are often kept secret. This is the starting point of Mehmet Can Mertoğlu's fresh and impressive debut, a perceptive, funny and beautifully-shot depiction of Turkish society. Albüm was screened at the Cannes Critics' Week and won the Visionary Award.