The fourth week of Belmont World Film's 22nd International Film Series features the New England premiere of the Turkish film Hesitation Wound, in which a criminal lawyer divides her time between the courthouse by day and her mother's hospital bed at night. The plot turns on the moral choices she has to make that will affect the lives of her mother, the judge, and her murder suspect client.

Speaker: Roberta Micaleff, Professor of the Practice in Middle Eastern Literatures and Coordinator of the Turkish Language Program at Boston University, will lead a discussion following the film.

The films in Belmont World Film’s 22nd International Film Series, Transformation/Preservation, delve into the complexities of human existence with depth, compassion, insight—and even humor. In these remarkable stories from around the globe, audience members can immerse themselves in the narratives of individuals and groups confronting the unexpected twists and turns that life presents, helping us gain a deeper understanding of resilience, adaptation, and the universal truths that bind us.

Funding is provided by a generous grant from the Mass Cultural Council. The Consulate of Sweden is the festival’s Province sponsor.