8.6 /10 1 Votes
Directed by Tunç Başaran Production
company Magnum Film Director Tunç Başaran Cinematography Erdal Kahraman | 8.5/10 IMDb Music by Özkan Turgay Initial release 7 November 1989 Art director Feride Çiçekoğlu Music director Özkan Turgay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Tunç Başaran
Jale Onanç Written by Tunç Başaran
Feride Çiçekoğlu Starring Nur Sürer
Ozan Bilen
Füsun Demirel
Rozet Hubeş
Güzin Özipek
Güzin Özyağcılar
Yasemin Alkaya
Meral Çetinkaya
Hale Akınlı Cast Nur Sürer, Ozan Bilen, Füsun Demirel, Meral Çetinkaya, Güzin Özipek Similar Movies about love, Other similar movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Don t let them shoot the kite
Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite (Turkish: Uçurtmayı Vurmasınlar) is a 1989 Turkish drama film, co-written, co-produced and directed by Tunç Başaran based on a story by Feride Çiçekoğlu, featuring Nur Sürer as a female political prisoners who befriends the child of a fellow inmate. The film was screened in competition at the 26th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, where it won Golden Oranges for Best Film, Best Actress, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography, the 10th Mediterranean International Film Festival, where it won 2nd Best Film, and the 8th Istanbul International Film Festival, where it won Best Turkish Film. The film was selected as the Turkish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
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When a woman is sent to prison for drug smuggling, Barış, her young son, is sent with her, as is the custom in Turkey. Inside this all-women’s penitentiary, Barış (Ozan Bilen) searches for companionship and guidance—and finds them both in the form of Inci (Nur Sürer), a political prisoner with whom he forms a very special bond. A beautifully observed, tender story of the growing affection between a woman and a child who is not her own, Tunç Başaran’s film, with a screenplay by Feride Çiçekoğlu based on her novel, builds an effective counterpoint between the prison world, with its discipline, intrigues and threat of violence, and the private space Inci and Barış manage to create for themselves. Voted Best Turkish Film of the Year at the 1989 Istanbul Film Festival. Venue: Walter Reade Theater, Howard Gilman Theater