Ela and Can seemingly have it all. Yet in this affluent section of Istanbul, love turns to suspicion, success delivers only material comfort and truth keeps playing hide-and-seek.

Winner of the Best Director award at Istanbul Film Festival, Lifelong is an uncompromisingly honest account of the final chapter of a doomed marriage. Giving a snapshot of the glacial world of Istanbul’s upper crust, Aslı Özge tells an acute tale of postmodern ennui and spiritual isolation.