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Turkey/Greece
Year: 2007
Drama – 110 mins
Director: Semih Kaplanoglou
Production: Kaplan Films, Inkas Film Productions
Co-producers: P. Papazoglou S.A./PPV – Sklavis Filmlab Co
Supported by Eurimages
Poet Yusuf returns to his childhood hometown, which he hadn’t visited for years, upon his mother’s death. A young girl, Ayla awaits him in a crumbling house. Yusuf has been unaware of the existence of this distant relation who had been living with his mother for five years. Ayla has something to ask of Yusuf. Yusuf is obliged to perform the sacrifice his mother Zehra had been prevented by death from fulfilling. Yusuf agrees as he finds himself unable to withstand the passive rhythm of rural life, the spaces imbued with the ghosts and personages of old lovers and friends, nor against the overriding feeling of guilt. Yusuf and Ayla set off for the saint’s tomb, some three or four hours away, for the traditional sacrifice ceremony. Unable to locate the herd amongst which the sacrificial animal was to be selected, they have to spend the night in a hotel by the crater lake. Yusuf and Ayla are drawn closer together by the atmosphere of the wedding party at the hotel. While the falling snow blankets guilt, the place to which they are returning will no longer be that old town.
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
27th Istanbul International Film Festival
Golden Tulip For Best Film
Italy Ravenna Mosaico d’Europa Film Festival
Best Film Award
South Korea Seul International Film Festival
Best Film Award
Germany Nurnberg Filmfestival Türkei – Deutchland
Best Film
Italy 14th Medfilm Festival
Eurimages Italia Award
Spain Sevilla International Film Festival
Eurimages Award
Antalya Eurasia International Film Festival
NETPAC Best Asian Film Award
Portugal Estoril European Film Festival
Silver Caravelle
Bangkok World Film Festival
Best Director
Chile Valdivia International Film Festival
Best Director
Iran Fajr International Film Festival
Best Director
Chile Valdivia International Film Festival
Best Actress (Saadet Işıl Aksoy) – click to detail >>>
Germany Nurnberg Filmfestival Türkei – Deutchland
Best Actor (Nejat Isler)
Romania Anonimul Film Festival
Best Director of Photography
Iran Fajr International Film Festival
Best Technical and Artistic Achivement Award (Ozgur Eken)
NATIONAL AWARDS
44th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
Best Film
Best Screenplay
Best Photography
Best Art Director
Best Costume
40th SIYAD (Turkish Film Critics Assocation) Awards
Best Film
Best Director
Best Screenplay
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Director of Photography
Best Art Director
Best Editing
Yesilcam Awards
Digiturk Young Talent Award
Saadet Işıl Aksoy
FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
60th Cannes Film Festival
Quinzaine Des Realisateurs Section – World Premiere
Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Another View Section
Brussels European Film Festival
Poland Era New Horizons Film Festival
Competition Section
13th Sarajevo International Film Festival
Competition Section
Oslo Filmfrasor
Valdivia International Film Festival
Competition Section
Eurasia International Film Festival
Competition Section
Sao Paolo International Film Festival
Sevilla International Film Festival
Eurimages Section
Ljubljana International Film Festival
Competition Section
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Balkan Survey
Nantes 3 Continents Film Festival
Closing Film
Tblisi International Film Festival
Competition Section
Ravenna International Film Festival
Washington International Film Festival
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