Othon Cinema presents American filmmaker Graham Swon’s “An Evening Song (for three voices)” as part of its new screening program. The screening will take place on Friday, December 13, at 8:00 PM at Kadıköy Cinema, with the director in attendance!

About the Film:
Set in 1939 in the American Midwest, An Evening Song (for three voices) follows Barbara, once hailed as a literary prodigy, who moves to the countryside to overcome her severe agoraphobia. Her husband Richard, a writer of cheap novels, accompanies her. However, they find themselves entangled in a love triangle with their devout servant in this remote location. Together with them, the audience embarks on a dizzying journey through a world doomed to vanish.

The film is inspired by the life of Barbara Newhall Follett, a literary genius who published two novels at the age of 14 to great acclaim but later faded into obscurity before disappearing at the age of 25 in 1939. Set against a dreamlike soundtrack, the film creates a hazy sense of subjectivity through its unique visual approach. As it explores the class, gender, and intellectual lines the characters navigate in their lives, it refuses to anchor the audience to any singular perspective.

About the Director:
Graham Swon, an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and director, has worked as a producer with numerous independent filmmakers such as Matías Piñeiro, Ted Fendt, Joanna Arnow, and Ricky D’Ambrose. In 2016, he was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film.” He completed his first feature film, The World is Full of Secrets, in 2018. As a producer, his works have been showcased at international festivals such as Berlinale, Locarno, TIFF, Director’s Fortnight, and NYFF. In 2023, he won the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award for his work on The Cathedral by Ricky D’Ambrose. Swon holds a degree in Theatre and Philosophy from Carnegie Mellon University. An Evening Song (for three voices) is his second film as a writer and director.

Date: Friday, December 13

Time: 20:00

Venue: Kadıköy Cinema

Duration: 86 min / Color / Turkish Subtitles

A special thanks to Mustafa Uzuner and Deniz Tortum for making this screening possible.