Istanbul Tales

Istanbul Tales (Turkish: Anlat İstanbul) is a 2005 Turkish drama-anthology film, directed by Selim Demirdelen, Kudret Sabancı, Ümit Ünal, Yücel Yolcu and Ömür Atay , which tells five interconnected stories set in modern-day Istanbul based on the fairytales Snow White, Cinderella, Pied Piper, Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood. The film, which went on nationwide general release on 11 March 2005, won several awards including Best Film at the 24th International Istanbul Film Festival.

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• Anlat istanbul istanbul tales 2005 movie trailer
• Awards
• Cast
• References

Awards

The film won the Best Film of the Year and Best Actress awards at the 2005 Istanbul International Film Festival, Special Jury Prize at the 2006 Bangkok International Film Festival and Jury Prize of "Artistic Expression" (Original Idea) at the 2005 MedFilm Festival in Rome.

Cast

Altan Erkekli as Hilmi, the Clarinetist

Özgü Namal as Senay, his Wife

Mehmet Günsür as Rifki, her Lover

Erkan Can as Erkan, the Drummer

Azra Akın as Idil

Çetin Tekindor as Ihsan, the Mafia Boss

Vahide Gördüm as Hurrem, the Wicked Queen

Nejat İşler as Ramazan, the Killer

Hilal Aslan as Dwarf #8

Yelda Reynaud as Banu, the Transsexual

Şevket Çoruh as Recep, her Pimp

Given Kirac as Mimi, the Transvestite

İsmail Hacıoğlu as Fiko

Selen Ucer as Prostitute

Hasibe Eren as Prostitute

Nurgül Yeşilçay as Saliha, the Aristocrat

Selim Akgul as Musa, the Kurd

Erdem Akakce as Recai, Saliha's Brother

İdil Üner as Melek

Fikret Kuşkan as Rafet

Ahmet Memtaz Taylan as TV Journalist

Ece Hakim as Melek's Daughter