The Play
2005, Turkish. Directed by Pelin Esmer.
When nine peasant women from a mountain village in southern Turkey decide to write and perform a play based on their life stories, aspects of their personalities emerge that they never knew existed. Esmer's documentary observes the creative stages leading up to the production of the play, and shows us how nine subtly but significantly different women emerge after its staging.
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Turkish
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- Released
- 17 May 2005
- Original title
- Oyun
- Country
- Turkey
- Written by
- Pelin Esmer
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The Play runs 70 minutes (1h 10m).
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The Play isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 17 May 2005. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Play?
The Play (2005) was directed by Pelin Esmer.