Should I Really Do It? (2008)

Name: Should I Really Do It?
Genre: Drama
Released: 2008-10-10

1h 29m

Running Time

Plot.

This real-life feature follows the extraordinary life of Petra, a German woman living in Istanbul, in an ironic inversion of the familiar story of Turkish migrants to Germany. During 'sessions' with the mysterious, masked Herold, her life unfolds before our eyes and we will learn about everything: Istanbul, Germany, family, friends, drugs and death. "Should I Really Do It?" plays with these concepts of real life and fiction, documentary and drama. Could life ever be more interesting than fiction?

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Cast & Crew.

Petra Woschniak

Herold

Ismail Necmi

Screenplay / Producer / Director of Photography / Editor / Director

Rabia Bakici Güreli

Executive Producer

Stephen Kimmel

Executive Producer

Dieter Sauter

Executive Producer

Serkan Alkan

Music

Mercan Dede

Music

Details.

Release Date
October 10, 2008

Original Name
Bunu gerçekten yapmali miyim?

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 29m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-04-13

Wiki.

Should I Really Do It? (Bunu Gerçekten Yapmalı Mıyım?) is a 2008 feature film written and directed by Ismail Necmi, starring Petra Woschniak and HEROLD.

The film is a hybrid documentary and fictional feature, following the life of Petra, a German woman living in Istanbul. It is an ironic inversion of more conventional tales of Turkish migrants to Germany. Edgy and surreal, the film plays on concepts of real life and drama, reworking the cult genre of Turkish Fantastic Cinema as it interweaves apparently everyday sequences of Petra's life with increasingly fantastic sessions between her and mysterious, masked HEROLD.