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1999, 92 minutes
Directed and
written by Zeki Demirkubuz
Cinematography by Ali Utku
Editing by Nevzat Disiacik
Starring Ruhi Sari, Basak Koklukaya, Cengiz Sezici,
Serdar Orcin,
Emrah Elciboga, Naci Tandoven
Isa,
a walk-on in movie productions, is blamed for a fifty-dollar
robbery in a mafia-rooted environment. As a result,
he is badly beaten and given tweinty-four hours to return
the money. The following day, instead of finding the
money, Isa finds a gun. He decides to write a note and
commit suicide. Just when he is about to pull the trigger,
the doorbell rings.
Zeki
Demirkubuz says "I based this story on my feelings,
observations, and experiences. I tried to shoot this
film to give a meaning to all of these. I should confess
that the result of years of labor has just been an incomplete
version of the unknown. and maybe just an attempt by
myself to smell the reality of the shit-hole that we
call 'life.'"
Awards:
2000 International Istanbul Film Festival (Turkey):
Best Director,
Best Actress; FIPRESCI (The International Federation
of Film Critics
Award;Best Film in National Competition
2000 International Film Festival of Tbilisi (Georgia):
Best Script
2000 Orhan Murat Ariburnu Award: Best Director,
Best Film, Best Actor,
Best Actress
1999 Antalya Film Festival (Turkey): Best 3rd
Film, Best Script, Best
Cinematography, Best Actress
1999 Turkish Film Critics Awards (Turkey): Best
Script, Best Actor
Festivals:
2000 Goetheburg International Film Festival (Germany)
2000 Rotterdam International Film Festival (The
Netherlands)
1999 Locarno International Film Festival (switzerland)
- Official
Competition
1999
The Films from the South (Norway)
1999 Thessaloniki International Film Festival
(Greece)
1999 Brussels International Film Festival (Belgium)
1999 Innsbruck International Film Festival (Austria)
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