12th
Boston Turkish Festival proudly presents the first North America retrospective
of the films of Reha Erdem, a rare opportunity to watch the films of
one of the young directors of contemporary Turkish cinema, who
recently has received remarkable international attention with
"Time and Winds". The film enthusiasts in Boston are
familiar to the works of Reha Erdem with films such as "A Run for
Money" and "What's a Human Anyway?", screened at the
Boston Turkish Film Festivals in previous years. In this retrospective
you will have an opportunity to watch all his works, including his
rarely screened but internationally acknowledged film, "Oh
Moon".
Co-presented
with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Saturday
- December 1, 2007 at 1:45 p.m.
Remis Auditorium
Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington Avenue, Boston Directions
A
RUN FOR MONEY
Kac
Para Kac
Directed
by Reha Erdem
1999 / 100 min.
35mm.
In Turkish with English subtitles
Set in present-day Istanbul.
Selim is a shop owner in his early forties. He sells clothing for men in
his shop situated in one of the back streets of Istanbul. He is a family
man who has devoted his life to his home and his work. He lives with his
wife Ayla, his six-year-old daughter Esma and his old father in a simple
flat in an old, modest neighbourhood. He has warm relations with his
family. He is an affectionate father. One of his neighbors, a young
widow named Nihal, tries to seduce Selim, but her flirtation leaves him
cold.
Selim is known for his honesty and integrity among his family and
friends. He is a careful spender. As a little child, he has learned that
money is not easily earned. He has no tolerance for petty
"trickery" met in daily life. One day, Selim finds a bag full
of dollar bills (approximately 500,000$) in a cab. From that day on,
Selim finds himself in a bewildered state with a bag full of money on
his hands.
Selected
Festivals and Awards: Represented Turkey in the Academic Awards in the Foreign Language
Films category. It also competed in the Tokyo Film Festival and
participated in many other international film festivals including
Munich, London, Gotebourg, Oslo, Thessaloniki, Jerusalem, Washington
D.C., Palm Springs, New Delphi, Montpeillier and Seattle film festivals.
Director REHA
ERDEM:
Reha
Erdem began his studies in history at Bogazici University in Istanbul.
In 1983, he went to Paris 8 University to major in Cinema and Modern
Art and completed a graduate degree. He directed his first feature
film, A Ay (Oh Moon) in 1989. It received awards at the Nantes
Film Festival, and was screened at the Locarno, Moscow, Vancouver and
Dunkerque Film Festivals. His second feature, Kac Para Kac (A Run
for Money, 1999) represented Turkey at the Academy Awards for Best
Foreign Language Film. It was featured at the Tokyo, Munich, London,
Oslo, Thessaloniki and Seattle Film Festivals, and also was screened
in the 3rd Boston Turkish Film Festival in 2004. Erdem was invited to
direct Hizmetciler (The Maids) by Jean Genet for the Istanbul
National Theater in 1991. He directed a short film called Deniz
Turkusu (The Sea Song), inspired by the poem of famous Turkish
poet Yahya Kemal Bayatli. Since 1990, he has directed over a hundred
TV commercials. In 1993, he founded Atlantik Film production company
with Omer Atay.
Filmography:
Times and Winds / Bes Vakit (2006)
What's A Human Anyway? / Insan Nedir ki? a.k.a. Korkuyorum Anne (2004)
Song of the Sea / Deniz Turkusu (Short, 2001)
A Run for Money / Kac Para Kac (1999)
Oh Moon / A Ay (1989)
Reha
Erdem began his studies in history at Bogazici University in Istanbul.
In 1983, he went to Paris 8 University to major in Cinema and Modern
Art and completed a graduate degree. He directed his first feature
film, A Ay (Oh Moon) in 1989. It received awards at the Nantes
Film Festival, and was screened at the Locarno, Moscow, Vancouver and
Dunkerque Film Festivals. His second feature, Kac Para Kac (A Run
for Money, 1999) represented Turkey at the Academy Awards for Best
Foreign Language Film. It was featured at the Tokyo, Munich, London,
Oslo, Thessaloniki and Seattle Film Festivals, and also was screened
in the 3rd Boston Turkish Film Festival in 2004. Erdem was invited to
direct Hizmetciler (The Maids) by Jean Genet for the Istanbul
National Theater in 1991. He directed a short film called Deniz
Turkusu (The Sea Song), inspired by the poem of famous Turkish
poet Yahya Kemal Bayatli. Since 1990, he has directed over a hundred
TV commercials. In 1993, he founded Atlantik Film production company
with Omer Atay.