Ercan Akbay

Scent of Skin Ercan Akbay

A married man who lost himself chasing after a beautiful young woman...
He has had many affairs during his marriage, and now he recognizes right from the start that this one is different. Infatuated by her fascinating scent, he constantly questions her intensions, leading to an exploration of themes such as how well one can ever know another person and the resulting insecurities that arise from suspicions of lies and secrets.
While struggling with the unsolvable paradoxes of this illicit love affair on the surface, 'Scent of Skin' keeps a dark dystopia within its background, bestowing sharp sociopolitical critics upon our corrupted world. Interwoven with the memories belong to the future and beyond Earth, these narratives mirror the despair of the society; sometimes deeply grieving, sometimes humorously.
 'Scent of Skin' drags us into the mysterious world of pheromones and scents through an eventful journey, in the same way, exclaiming how meaningless and yet how priceless the life is...