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Egg

Yumurta

Turkey

2007

97 Min
Color
1.85:1
Turkish
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DIR Semih Kaplanoğlu

PROD Semih Kaplanoğlu

SCR Semih Kaplanoğlu, Orçun Köksal

DP Özgür Eken

CAST Nejat Isler, Saadet Aksoy, Ufuk Bayraktar, Tülin Özen, Gülçin Santýrcýoðlu, Kaan Karabacak, Semra Kaplanoglu

ED Ayhan Ergürsel, Suzan Hande Güneri, Semih Kaplanoğlu

PROD DES Naz Erayda

SOUND Ismail Karadaş

Cannes (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs), Rotterdam (Time & Tide), Karlovy Vary (Another View)

Synopsis

When his mother dies, Yusuf, a poet, returns to his home village, which he hasn’t visited for years. A young girl named Ayla who had been living with his mother for the past five years, is waiting for him in a decrepit house. Ayla has a request to make: Yusuf must perform the sacrificial rite his mother, Zehra, could not fulfill before she died. On their way for the saint’s tomb, they are obliged to spend the night in a hotel. Caught up in the atmosphere of a wedding party at the hotel, Yusuf and Ayla find themselves drawn together. –Quinzaine des Réalisateurs

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Semih Kaplanoğlu

Born in Izmir in 1963, where he graduated in cinema and television from the University of Fine Arts Dokuz Eyül in 1984. He worked as a camera assistant and wrote and directed a 52-part TV series called Şehnaz Tango. In 2000 he directed his first theatrical film; his second film Meleğin Düşüşü/Angels Fall screened in the Forum section of the Berlinale in 2005; Süt/Milk screened in competition at the Venice Film Festival in 2008. –Berlinale 

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Beatrice

10Mar13

“şiir söylemekten ziyade bir susma işidir” Tanpınar

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Rman

18Oct12

after watching this great movie I`m whole-heartedly looking forward to following the rest of Semih Kaplanoğlu`s films, especially "Milk" & "Honey".

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meth_

3May12

Potentially boring to some, but the quiet is comfortable and it feels fragile in all the right ways.

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Emery Snyder

12Mar12

Turkish Garden State is waaaaay better than Turkish Spiderman...

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The Yusuf Trilogy

By uzak on April 13, 2011

Semih Kaplanoglu is another key player in new Turkish cinema. Bal, his latest picture premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, taking home the Golden Bear, the festival’s award of highest regard. Bal…  read review

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