Nisha Rathode (Editor)

Brought by the Sea

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
5.6
/
10
1
Votes
Alchetron5.6
5.6
1 Ratings
100
90
80
70
60
51
40
30
20
10
Rate This

Rate This

Director
  
Nesli Colgecen

Screenplay
  
Ersin Kana

Country
  
Turkey

5.4/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Duration
  

Language
  
Turkish

Brought by the Sea movie poster

Release date
  
April 16, 2010 (2010-04-16)

Music director
  
Erdal Guney, Kemal Sahir Gurel, Ayse Onder, Irsad Aydin, Huseyin Yildiz

Cast
  
Sümer Tilmaç
,
Ahu Türkpençe
,
Onur Saylak

Similar movies
  
Motherland Hotel (1987)

Brought by the Sea (Turkish: Denizden Gelen) is a 2010 Turkish drama film, directed by Nesli Çölgeçen, about an ex-cop who accidentally kills an African immigrant and retreats with a guilty conscience back to his hometown. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on April 16, 2010 (2010-04-16), has been shown at International film festivals in Istanbul, Moscow and Adana, where it won the Grand Jury "Yılmaz Güney" Best Picture prize.

Contents

Brought by the Sea movie scenes

Production

Brought by the Sea trwebimg4acstanetpicturesbzp02183699jpg

The film was shot on location in the Aegean towns of Ortaca, Dalyan and Dalaman, Turkey.

Synopsis

Halil (Onur Saylak) is a cop who accidentally kills an African illegal immigrant; he resigns and retires with a guilty conscience back to his hometown. Jordan (Jordan Deniz Boyner) is a five-year-old boy from Ghana whose mother is killed in an accident in Dalyan as they try to cross illegally to Greece. When Halil finds Jordan, their destinies intersect.

General release

The film opened on general release in 34 screens across Turkey on

at number 25 in the Turkish box office chart with an opening weekend gross of US$8,790.

Festival screenings

  • 29th International Istanbul Film Festival (April 3–18, 2010)
  • 32nd International Moscow Film Festival (June 17–26, 2010)
  • 17th Adana "Golden Boll" International Film Festival

    • Box office

    The film was in the Turkish box office charts for ten weeks and has made a total gross of US$38,949.

    Reviews

    Emine Yıdırım, writing in Today's Zaman, says this is, "a film which aims to say a lot", and, "indeed underlines the dire situation of the thousands of refugees that try to cross the borders of Turkey and Greece", but, "while achieving some of its ambitions, specifically those of the political and worldly context, Brought by the Sea unfortunately disappoints on some very crucial emotional points."

    Awards

  • 17th Adana "Golden Boll" International Film Festival (September 20–26, 2010) Grand Jury "Yılmaz Güney" Best Picture (won)

    • References

    Brought by the Sea Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    Brought by the Sea IMDb Brought by the Sea themoviedb.org