Archive of films La Belle Indifference / Küçük şeyler
Turkey
2019, 94 min
Section:
Official Selection - Competition
Year: 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.
Synopsis
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
About the director

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)
Contacts
Kıvanç Sezer
E-mail: [email protected]
Asteros Film
Rumeli Hisarı Mah. Saygılı Sok. Özgen Apt. No:9/4 Sarıyer, , Istanbul
Turkey
Tel: +90 212 257 0048
E-mail: [email protected]
www: http://www.asterosfilm.com/en
About the film
Color, DCP
World premiere
Section: | Official Selection - Competition |
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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 |
Guests

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