Snow and the Bear

A harsh winter in eastern Turkey. When the extreme conditions prevent the village doctor from returning to his post, the young nurse Asli covers for him. However, Asli is not only an outsider, but a woman to boot and she is ignored on principle in this patriarchal society. After the local butcher mysteriously goes missing, the village is consumed by panic and paranoia. Did he become the victim of a bear awakened from hibernation? However, the acute danger to Asli is not to be found in nature, but among the villagers themselves.

Prefilm

Before Snow and the Bear, you will see a four-minute compilation from Eye's archive of images about daily life in the Ottoman Empire and various sights in the capital Constantinople (Istanbul).