1950년 한국전쟁에 파병된 '슐레이만'은 칠흑 같은 어둠 속 홀로 남겨진 5살 소녀를 발견한다. 전쟁과 부모를 잃은 충격 속에 말을 잃은 소녀. '슐레이만'은 소녀에게 터키어로 '달'이라는 뜻의 '아일라'라는 이름을 지어주고 함께 부대로 향한다. 서로에게 무엇과도 바꿀 수 없는 가장 소중한 존재가 된 두 사람. 그러나 행복도 잠시, '슐레이만'은 종전과 함께 고국으로 돌아가라는 명령을 받게 되고, '아일라'를 끝까지 지켜내기 위해 모두의 반대 속에 자신의 선택을 감행하게 되는데···
31 is popular Turkish slang for masturbation. Feeling Blue and 31 is the story of two young men whose lives quite literally come to rest upon the performance of their appendages. Ege and Kerem are 25-year-old virgins who masturbate excessively. One day Eros appears to them and threatens to castrate them if they fail to get laid within the subsequent seven days. Thus begins an often hilarious, tragic- comic struggle to have sex which involves a dance class, bar-hopping and sultry neighbours. Shot as the result of a bet over just 24 hours, the film has a winningly natural feel, in large part due to the directors’ decision to allow the actors to improvise dialogue within the framework of each scene. First-time actors Ozan Özcan and Deniz Alnıtemiz are perfect as the bumbling, funny and frequently terribly embarrassing leads who come across a bit like Turkey’s answer to ‘Flight of the Conchords’. Destined for cultish fame, Feeling Blue and 31 makes its world premiere at !f.
