62-84 Anlasilmadi Merkez

This short Turkish narrative dramatically portrays the violence against women and Trans people despite the passage of Act 62-84, which was designed to protect them. The three major characters, Hulya an abused wife, Cansu a trans chef who takes her home to protect her, and a Syrian man who was hurt while trying to protect Hulya from her husband's knife attack, are believable in their explanations of the dangers of abuse they face from mobs and sometimes the police. The film is fast paced, and the characters' movements from the city square to Cansu's apartment to hoped for protection by Ayca helps the viewer understand their lives. The cinematography, lighting, and sound create the feel of a documentary.

62-84, I Didn't Copy That, HQ is a dramatization of the difficulties and real dangers that women in Turkey must withstand despite this law that exists to protect women from violence. There are many questions to ask regarding failed laws: were the laws overly broad or too generalized to enforce effectively? Could it be a matter of requiring advanced educational degrees for both legislators/congress as well as law enforcement personnel, to ensure that enforcement is carefully informed? Perhaps either or both of these scenarios could help to fix broken laws. Another, darker, possibility is that humans, like other presumably less civilized creatures, simply pick on those who are often weakest. If this interpretation were valid, then laws would carry little weight when contending with deeply rooted culture. The film effectively portrayed some of the challenges faced by its main characters: a marginalized trans woman, an abused wife, and an illegal immigrant. This mixed group clings together to escape law enforcement that seems to threaten and loom rather than assist or protect. The city scenes were framed well and were visually pleasing. Acting was good, if slightly melodramatic. The film's cliffhanger ending seemed to imply doom for the trio as they face off with a big gang of young men, but then resolves when they are mercifully picked up by the police car. Why laws and law enforcement seem so at odds with the welfare of any nation's citizens is a puzzle that seems universally challenging to societies. The story, inconclusive as to how the evening turns out for the trio, paints an uncertain picture.