Nejat Yavaşoğulları

Ecotopia

The film is about our innate and instinctive kindness before we become good persons. It relates in detail the transformation of the concept of BEING GOOD and the EVIL within that concept. It is the struggle of a humane character that has faced hardships and is now homeless. In time he also gets stuck in the ordinary concept of kindness. It tells the story of the destruction, imbalance and clashes that humaneness and conscience, kindness and wickedness cause in our lives, how they turn those lives into a black comedy.

During the sea battle which took place between the Ottoman Empire and the Italians, a ship which had been seized in the Mediterranean Sea is brought to Istanbul, and a young wounded lady named Francesca, the daughter of the killed Captain, becomes a slave for Hezarfen Ahmet Celebi.

Playing rock covers in Ankara pubs for some time, Tamer is now determined to become a respected musician with his own compositions. He leaves everything behind to take lessons from the legendary rock musician Engin Yaman, who's been in seclusion in İzmir. Tamer has to face his desire for success, along with his fears, weaknesses and his haunting dreams. Gypsy drummer Tahir, Engin Yaman's "unfettered" daughter İpek, hippie bar owner Mickey, single mother Tuğba and even Pink Floyd's Roger Waters accompany him on his journey.