12^th BOSTON TURKISH FESTIVAL^SM

Colors of Anatolia

 

OCTOBER 29 - DECEMBER 15, 2007

November 30 - December 9, 2007 

THE FILMS OF REHA ERDEM

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

Directed by Reha Erdem

1989 / 100 min. 
In Turkish with English subtitles   

Eleven-year-old Yekta lives in a mysterious, castle-like house at the shore of the Bosphorus, together with her lame seagull, her spinster aunt, and her grandfather, Sirri, who is paralyzed and bedridden, following the death of his son and bride. The bedroom of her mother is the place where Yekta takes shelter to daydream and hide her secrets. All she knows about her mother that she left one day in a little boat to never return. One night, Yekta looks out the window and sees her mother in a little boat, but no one believes her. Her younger aunt longs to send her to boarding school, away from the strange, haunted house. But Yekta is unwilling to go. One day, just like her mother, Yekta leaves in a little boat, but is found just before drowning. Eventually, she fulfills her aunt’s wishes and sets off to the island of Burgaz for school.