Archive of films Oh, Moon / A ay
Turkey
1989, 100 min
Section:
Tribute to Reha Erdem
Year: 2012
Reha Erdem’s surreal and poetic first feature, a cult hit in Turkey, reveals a passionate young director obviously enchanted by the artistic possibilities of cinema. Shaped around an old Istanbul family myth, the film offers the tale of an 11-year-old girl who lives in a castle-like mansion on the Bosphorus. There, every night, she sees her dead mother pass by in a small boat.
Synopsis
Reha Erdem’s first feature reveals a passionate young director obviously enchanted by the artistic possibilities of cinema: the film is naive, surreal, poetic, and shot in black and white. Yet it manages to make the most of its extremely small budget. The heroine, 11-year-old Yekta, is an orphan living in a castle-like residence on the Bosphorus. Her elderly aunt is happy to live in stories from the past. Another aunt wants her to abandon such musty old dreams and become a fine example of a "modern republican woman” like herself. Her grandfather, who was never quite able to complete the building they live in, lies ill in a mysterious room. Every night Yekta sees her dead mother pass by in a small boat. And the weird watchman who guards the abandoned church says "Dreams are for dreams.” Although shaped around an old Istanbul family myth at a time when Turkish cinema was nearly dead, the influence of the European avant-garde is palpable, and Oh, Moon quickly gained cult status.
Contacts
Atlantik Film
Üst Zeren sokak No:2, 1. Levent, 343 30, Istanbul
Turkey
Tel: + 90 212 278 361 1
Fax: + 90 212 278 197 1
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.atlantikfilm.com
About the film
Color, 35 mm
Section: | Tribute to Reha Erdem |
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Director: | Reha Erdem |
Screenplay: | Reha Erdem |
Dir. of Photography: | Uğur Eruzun |
Editor: | Reha Erdem |
Producer: | Ömer Atay |
Production: | Atlantik Film |
Cast: | Yeşim Tozan, Gülsen Tuncer, Nurinisa Yildirim, Münir Özkul |
Contact: | Atlantik Film |
Guests
Claudine Avetyan
Producer
Reha Erdem
Film Director, Film Director