Official Selection - Competition 2019 / Küçük şeyler / Turkey 2019
Onur is sacked from his job as manager of a pharmaceutical company. He’s not too bothered about being unemployed, but the same cannot be said of his wife Bahar. Onur doesn’t listen to her and becomes indifferent not only to her anxieties but also to the world around him. He’d rather be surrounded by more zebras. A drama with dashes of absurd comedy about events that are no laughing matter: a personal crisis that impacts their marriage.
The term la belle indifférence refers to an apparent lack of concern shown by individuals towards their given symptoms. The symptom in Onur’s case is the fact that his life is gradually coming apart at the seams. He won’t bring himself to admit that his dismissal from work could trigger a serious existential crisis, not only for him but also for his wife. She tries to be the voice of reason, continually reminding him of their dismal reality, but Onur isn’t listening. He’d rather be surrounded by more zebras. This second part of Turkish director Kıvanç Sezer’s trilogy, whose first chapter My Father’s Wings competed at the 51st Karlovy Vary IFF, employs absurd humour to examine a profoundly personal and, by extension, marital crisis – a situation that is as humourless as it is real.
Anna Kořínek
94 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Kıvanç Sezer
/ Screenplay Kıvanç Sezer
/ Dir. of Photography Hatip Karabudak
/ Music Can Saka, Turgut Mavuk
/ Editor Selda Taşkın
/ Art Director Alceste Wegner, Reyhan Acar
/ Producer Kanat Doğramacı, Kıvanç Sezer, Tolga Karaçelik
/ Production Asteros Film
/ Coproduction Zebra Productions, Karacelik film, Işık Sanat, Bando post
/ Cast Alican Yücesoy, Başak Özcan
/ Contact Kıvanç Sezer, Asteros Film
Kıvanç Sezer (b. 1982, Ankara, Turkey). Filmography: Children of Turabdin (2009, doc.), How Much (2011, short), Game of Hera (2012, short), My Father’s Wings (Babamın Kanatları, 2016), La Belle Indifference (2019)
Kıvanç Sezer
E-mail: [email protected]
Asteros Film
Rumeli Hisarı Mah. Saygılı Sok. Özgen Apt. No:9/4 Sarıyer, , Istanbul
Turkey
Phone: +90 212 257 0048
E-mail: [email protected]
Kıvanç Sezer
Film Director
Turgut Mavuk
Musician
Aslı Altınışık
Publicist
Başak Özcan Sezer
Actress
Alican Yücesoy
Actor
Selda Taşkın
Film Editor
Evrim Kaya
Film Crew
A. Tamer Çınarcık
Service Company Rep.
Aslıhan Çetin
Service Company Rep.
Hatip Karabudak
Director of Photography
Hande Sasa
Kanat Doğramacı
Producer
Selim Güntürkün
Other
Emin Akpınar
Assistant Director
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