Contemporary cinema from Turkey 4 a/b

»Away from Home«
(110 min) OmU
Director Semih Kaplanoglu
Saturday, 4. September
19.00 Uhr
Kino Arsenal, A1

»9« (OmE)
Saturday, 4. September
21.30 Uhr
Kino Arsenal, A2


Ticket at venue
6/4 €

»Three people come together while searching for a home. Nasuhi, returning home after many years in Russian exile chances on his nephew, Selim who is about to start a new life in the USA. And then Nasuhi also meets Olga, a Russian woman looking for her father.« Semih Kaplanoglu’s debut film shows three people desperately searching for their place in the world. »Away from Home« received the »Best Turkish Film« award among others at the International Istanbul Film Festival in 2001.

Istanbul: a young foreign woman has been murdered and now the police is questioning the neighbours in room number 9 of the police station. Little by little, they reveal their innermost, and most secret wishes, their antipathies and their resentments. »9« is an excellent montage of six police interrogations packed with suspense, a psychogram that also shows incidents of police violence. The director, Ümit Ünal, is also a well-known author and poet. He shot »9« in Turkey, his first film using innovative DV technology.

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