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Gigantic Digital Cinema is pleased to have been chosen by First Run Features to present the first-run digital premiere of “Bliss,” adapted from the novel by internationally acclaimed author Zülfü Livaneli.

"Bliss"
The most acclaimed Turkish film of the decade – and one of the first narrative films to tackle the highly charged subject of honor killings – is finally coming to the U.S. When 17-year-old Meryem is found disheveled and unconscious by the side of a lake in the Turkish countryside, her family believes the worst - that her chastity has been lost. They turn to the ancient principle of “tore,” a strict moral code that condemns Meryem to death. When she refuses to take her own life, the duty of upholding the family's honor falls upon a distant cousin, Cemal, who has just completed a brutal tour in the military. Cemal reluctantly agrees to take Meryem away – and kill her.

Directed and produced by Abdullah Oguz and set against the backdrop of Turkey's natural wonders, "Bliss" is an unconventional road movie that pits tradition against modernity, urban against rural and East against West, all the while refusing to settle for easy answers.

"Bliss" is a First Run Features release.

To find out where "Bliss" is playing in theaters, look here:

http://www.firstrunfeatures.com/bliss_playdates.html