“This is a really terrific movie; one of the best of the year…
It has a cumulative force that stays with you.”
— Peter Rainer, KPCC’s Film Week (Los Angeles)
“[Director Sherry Hormann] summons up outrage, heartache, worry and judgement in 90 tight and damning minutes.”
— Roger Moore, Movie Nation
FOLLOWING A CONTENTIOUS HONOR KILLING THAT SHOCKED GERMANY, DIRECTOR SHERRY HORMANN’S CAPTIVATING
DRAMA TAKES A “COMPELLING NEW APPROACH[1]”
DURING THE AGE OF #ME TOO
A REGULAR WOMAN
Street Date: October 13, 2020
DVD/Digital: $24.95
SYNOPSIS
Based on a contentious, real-life “honor killing” in 2005 that shocked Germany, Sherry Hormann’s A REGULAR WOMAN, which had its World Premiere at Tribeca in 2019, offers a novel and captivating approach: the murdered woman, a 23-year-old German of Turkish-Kurdish ancestry shot point blank by her youngest brother, narrates the action both before and after her death.
Picking up where German director Feo Alasag’s prize-winning 2010 feature When We Leave left off, A REGULAR WOMAN portrays a glimpse of life for Hatun Aynur Sürücüa, a free-spirited young woman living with an ultra-conservative Turkish Muslim family in Berlin. After escaping a forced marriage in Turkey with her abusive cousin, Hatun provokes the ire of her family by embracing a westernized lifestyle. After enduring endless harassment, she finally leaves the family and attempts to survive alone with her child, with whom she had escaped Turkey while pregnant. The threats and harassment continue, with German authorities willing to do nothing unless a physical act of harm takes place. This soon tragically materializes as the family decides to task Hatun’s youngest brother with a deed that would end the family’s “shame,” and thrust the horrific practice of honor killings into the national spotlight.
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Type: DVD/Digital (iTunes, Amazon)
Running Time: 92 minutes
Genre: World Cinema/Drama
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audio: Stereo
About Corinth Films
Since 1977, Corinth Films has been distributing foreign and independent arthouse cinema to audiences in the US & Canada. Beginning with such classics as David Lynch’s Eraserhead and Federico Fellini’s 8 1/2, Corinth’s more recent releases have included films by up-and-coming international directors such as Nadav Lapid and Mika Kaurismaki, as well as acclaimed longstanding auteurs such as Andrei Konchalovsky, Mohsen Makhmalbaf and Edgar Reitz. As the film-viewing landscape changes, the desire for intellectually stimulating and entertaining films will not, and Corinth continues its mission to acquire and release undiscovered, international watch-worthy content. To discover and enjoy Corinth’s film releases, visit www.corinthfilms.com.
