Tribute to Reha Erdem 2012 / Kosmos / Turkey, Bulgaria 2010
A mysterious, half-lunatic stranger (a shaman?) arrives at a snowy border town.... This time around, Reha Erdem has put the theme of the conflict between society and the individual in a context of cosmic lyricism. While the expressive sound design supports the town’s uneasy atmosphere, the visuals alternate between views of life, death, and eternity.
Love is finally embodied in a Reha Erdem picture as the filmmaker looks directly to the mystical world. A mysterious young man arrives at a snow-covered border town. He might be a harmless vagabond, a thief, a lunatic, or a shaman. Nobody mentions shamanism, yet he displays many surreal signs of shamanic practice and ecstasy. The locals don’t know what to think about this stranger who eats only sugar cubes, doesn’t want a job, and talks continually about love and Allah (although his interest in sensual love doesn’t jibe with what the locals understand as divine love). Erdem here puts the theme of the conflict between society and the individual in a context of cosmic lyricism. While the expressive sound design (his own) supports the spiritual-political-military unease of the town’s atmosphere, the visuals alternate between views of the earth (life), underground (death), and sky (eternity).
122 min / Color, 35 mm
Director Reha Erdem
/ Screenplay Reha Erdem
/ Dir. of Photography Florent Herry
/ Music Rachel’s & Silver Mt Zion
/ Editor Reha Erdem
/ Producer Ömer Atay
/ Production Atlantik Film
/ Cast Sermet Yeşil, Türkü Turan, Hakan Altuntaş
/ Contact Atlantik Film
www: www.kosmos.com.tr
Atlantik Film
Üst Zeren sokak No:2, 1. Levent, 343 30, Istanbul
Turkey
Phone: + 90 212 278 361 1
Fax: + 90 212 278 197 1
E-mail: [email protected]
Claudine Avetyan
Producer
Reha Erdem
Film Director, Film Director
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