Zerre

What place does Zeynep occupy in this immense universe? In a city teeming with the jobless and those barely scraping by, aren’t their existences akin to countless minuscule particles drifting through the air? Zeynep is already struggling to survive when she loses her job at a textile factory. “The Particle” tracks her journey as she hunts for employment, taking us through various workplaces. The environment Zeynep inhabits—the streets and residences of Tarlabaşı—is depicted as bleak and stifling.