The Crossing (Turkish: Kavşak) is a 2010 Turkish drama film directed by Selim Demirdelen, which is about a devoted family man who comes home from work one day to find his house deserted. The film went on general release across Turkey on October 1, 2010 and was selected for several festivals, including the 47th Antalya "Golden Orange" International Film Festival and the 17th Adana "Golden Boll" International Film Festival, where it won several awards.
Güven works at an accounting firm and leads an ordinary life. He is happily married and has a daughter that he loves more than anything. He boasts endlessly to his colleagues about his daughter’s achievements. His daughter is equally devoted to him, calling him every day when she gets home from school.
After an ordinary day at work, Güven leaves his office, takes the bus. He walks on his empty street, comes home to his three-storey apartment building. He enters his apartment, changes his clothes, washes his face, and sits down on the sofa in the living room. The living room is empty. The house is empty.
Everyone’s troubles ache deep in their guts
Coz getting by is flogging a dead horse
When walls crumble and silhouettes ail
They’ll always be one last chance brooding on the outskirts of town
And I go on in
And can a man shedding skin turn back again
Spectre things ascend between dog and wolf I hear
All beasts come by my side
Canopies close around so heavens can’t reach and touch us now
All souls shall damn the tide
Fate is revealed breath by breath
And the phantoms gaining precious time
So parting reeds, debris is drifting away
From where I submerge within the rivers ethereal undertow
And I go on in
To see the faces of the living and the dead
Spectre things ascend between dog and wolf I hear
All beasts come by my side
Canopies close around so heavens can’t reach and touch us now
All souls shall damn the tide